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When Ethel Klein entered City College of New York in 1969, college meant marching on Central Park, organizing the surrounding ghettoes, exploring the emerging feminist movement. "My first three years, spring semester lasted about a month and a half," she recalls...
...decade later, Klein is still on campus. Burrowed in the third floor of Littauer Hall, the assistant professor of Government is searching for explanations of political participation. "I've made the decision that I want an academic career for the first part of my life, and that I want to do a good job," she says firmly...
...reason Klein says she doubts she'll be given tenure here is that the University's standards for appointments are "conservative.... You have to reach a level of excellence that is very hard to attain in seven years," Klein says. "You have to be at a point where you're already well entrenched, so they really look outside. Harvard is sort of like the Yankees--they want the best team money can buy. They may be somewhat behind the discipline at times, but they always manage to have, at least on the roster, the most noted people in the world...
...Klein won't positively commit more than the "first part" of her life to academia. Should she quit,"I've had people say to me that they think I should run for public office. I don't think I could ever do that--it's unclear to me whether individuals in public positions really can do anything," she says...
...Ethel Klein, associate professor of Government--"Find support systems. One of the real problems here is that the school draws from people from all over who are all used to being a success. Then they show up here and find there are an awful lot of special people. It breeds competitiveness and intimidation. But you all have to remember that you are all special in your own way. Harvard picks people who are unique in some things. You should recognize that everybody has something to contribute. You shouldn't think you have to be the best in everything...