Word: legacyism
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SOMETHING STRANGE has been going on in the decision-making circles of the Harvard administration lately. Don't get me wrong--on most counts, Harvard's new administrators are acting exactly like Harvard's old administrators. They fall back on the same old tired arguments ("Legacy admissions really are fair...
That's the real legacy we want to continue.
In offices, classrooms and faculty lounges throughout academia, scholars are struggling with the legacy of the Clarence Thomas confirmation hearings.
In describing the legacy of his writing, teaching, and research, Coles is hesitant.
"I think the word 'legacy' is too important," Coles says. "What I've tried to do is to place myself as a seeing and listening observer in the midst of a range of children living a range of different kinds of lives."