Word: mindset
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...recalls the mindset of higher education administrators in the late 1960s and early 1970s, who would tell female tenure candidates, “You only need one breadwinner in the family. Why do you need tenure...
...failure of professors to venture outside their small sphere of expertise in classes is indicative of a far more wide-ranging mindset that paralyzes the intellectual endeavors on this campus. By and large, scientists hole themselves up in laboratories near Divinity Avenue, rarely see the light of day, and seldom interact with the rest of campus. Humanists pace the halls of the Barker Center wrapped in their black peacoats, entering into dialogue with their colleagues and the people on the walls but rarely with their friends in the Science Center. Each department occupies its own little satrap, an armored enclave...
...could not in good conscience present my case without discussing the one caveat that any novice Pass/Failer must heed: YOU STILL HAVE TO PASS. It’s so tempting to fall into that glorious mindset of gradelessness, but never forget that though a C-, D or even D- won’t hurt, you still need to get something other than the dreaded E. Maybe skim a few of the books. Look over a few problems. It’s a cakewalk, but it’s a walk nevertheless...
...find out how that equation works, you have to get inside the Carly Fiorina mindset. Enter her well-appointed corner cubicle, and she will tell you about how successful companies have to accelerate change and embrace risk--something she says she learned as a sales manager at the once great and now battered Lucent. "If two years from now we want 10% growth," she says, "we have to keep moving into new categories...
...that this message is insulting. However, I would argue that raising awareness is the key to ending sexual violence. Ultimately, no law or policy can truly stop rape and sexual assault. For rape to disappear from any society, there needs to be a change in the mindset of individuals who believe that they are “entitled” to women’s (and men’s) bodies. No one has the right to disrespect the body or decision of another person—even if that person has been drinking, even if that person invited...