Word: leveller
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...University faces the impending problem of propelling these women from junior to senior-level positions. Faculty members say Harvard must continue to reform its tenure system--and general attitude--which is skewed in favor of "upperclass white males with wives at home to take care of the children," in the words of one Junior faculty member...
Gray's conclusions about the University's womenfaculty are echoed by many scholars here. Andadministrators also acknowledge that theUniversity should have more women faculty,especially at the senior level...
...Being a woman faculty member at any level doestend to mean you have all kinds of other littleduties and responsibilities that creep in," saysRyan, who was hired by the University after an18-year stint at Smith and says that Harvard ismuch less accepting of women faculty...
...ranks. The Spence plan aims to ensure thatHarvard's junior faculty have a greater chance ofbeing promoted from within the ranks. And sincethe percentage of women faculty at the juniorlevel is higher, proponents of the plan say thatits implementation will have the correspondingresult of increasing female representation at thesenior level...
...course, nothing tops Lynah Rink for crowd crudity and enthusiasm. Chickens are tied to goalposts between periods. Strange--often tasteless--objects are thrown on the ice during play. And the noise level would drown out the Concorde...