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...data has shown us that a lack of diversity remains a problem throughout higher education,” said Evelynn M. Hammonds, the senior vice provost for faculty development and diversity, whose office produced the report. “Harvard is starting to move in the right direction in terms of a University-wide approach to diversity, but it’s still early to be able to draw conclusions about our overall progress since trends will not be visible for some time...
...report notes a lack of sufficient Harvard-affiliated child care facilities as a problem requiring immediate attention. Inadequate childcare is viewed by some as a roadblock for female faculty on the tenure track...
...President Bush threatened to veto the bill unless it was slashed to $256 billion; he ultimately signed a $286 billion compromise. But the significance of TEA-LU was not its final amount. The significance was its utter lack of national purpose. Congress didn't have one, and Bush didn't propose one. In the 1950s, America built the interstate highway system to promote individual mobility and national security; in 1991, Congress tried to promote "intermodal" transportation to reduce dependence on automobiles; now transportation policy is completely divorced from transportation reality. If we're going to play I-told...
...seats in Maliki's cabinet, which is supposed to have 37 members. Six ministers tendered their resignation last week after Maliki failed to take any visible steps to address the faction's longstanding concerns, which revolve mainly around the fate of Sunni detainees held by the government and a lack of services in Sunni areas of the country. In the spring, six other ministers loyal to Moqtada al-Sadr abandoned Maliki's government in protest over the Prime Minister's refusal to take a stronger stance against the presence of American forces in Iraq...
This is not the first time Maliki's government has been on the verge of collapse; on previous occasions, he has been saved by the lack of unity among his rivals and, in no small small part, by expressions of confidence from the Bush Administration. This time around, the White House would be best advised not to throw him a lifeline. Allowing Maliki to drown may be the first step to rescuing Iraq...