Word: merit
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...wonder that education is becoming a hot presidential campaign issue. Ronald Reagan was the first to sense the opportunity, demanding tougher standards and extra, or "merit," pay for outstanding teachers. But Reagan sees little role for the Federal Government or federal dollars in the quest for excellence. Indeed, the Administration got Congress to cut back 10% on public school funding over the past three years, and only recently stopped
...improve the situation, Reagan and Mondale, among others, have recommended some form of merit pay for good teachers. However, teachers' unions-the American Federation of Teachers (580,000 members) and the National Education
...Association (1.7 million members)-have traditionally opposed merit pay, out of suspicion that bonuses would be given out unfairly and would cut into general pay raises for entire faculties...
...University is confident enough of the facts of a case to rule that a complaint has merit, it should not balk at disclosing information about the charge and subsequent penalties--including the harasser's name, except in cases where such disclosure would harm the victim. As long as harassment complaints are kept strictly confidential, harassers will feel no pressure to alter their behavior and victims will be reluctant to come forward with their charges. Furthermore, Harvard's insistence that sexual harassment is somehow a "family matter" to be handled discreetly only confuses the fundamental issue: Sexual harassment is not only...
Rosovsky wrote that he found merit in a complaint of sexual harassment filed by a freshman woman against a visiting professor in the English Department. He wrote a letter to the professor admonishing him and the Administrative Board later allowed the student to change her grade for the course from a "C" to "pass...