Word: merger
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...least two facts about last week's news are cause for skepticism. The first is that the "merger" was negotiated in complete secrecy. Even the Radcliffe staff was informed of the college's fate only last week. The Harvard and Radcliffe communities were presented with a fait accompli. And nobody likes those. Last Wednesday could have represented the culmination of a year-long campus-wide discussion on what is best for Radcliffe. Instead, we got a gleeful announcement from the top: "Hey, guys," they seemed to be saying. "Look what we did! Isn't it great>" Time will tell...
...second cause for skepticism about the merger is that Wilson is steeping down. If the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study is a step in the right direction, why doesn't Wilson want to be its leader? She told reporters last week that she is ready for a new project. Isn't the new Radcliffe a good...
...Harvard-Radcliffe merger is good in principle. 'Separate but equal' hasn't cut in this country for a long time. But in practice the story is somewhat different, for the simple reason that at Harvard men and women are not yet equal. This is still a predominantly male institution-in the administration, in the classrooms, and even on the social scene...
...when the ink on the merger agreement dries and Radcliffe College does transform into the new Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, a challenging web of logistical changes will be required to document the move...
Bhatt said she hopes the merger will encourage Harvard to take responsibility for its female students, by, for example, funding groups focused on women's issues...