Word: parental
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...studies show that the group of faculty, not just at Harvard, having the hardest time getting tenure are women with babies,” Martin says.Tatar, who came to Harvard in 1971 and has raised two children since then, says the College’s parental leave policy should acknowledge the biological differences between men and women. Tatar supports the implementation of “a maternity leave that would recognize the physical challenges of pregnancy and giving birth,” which she says require extra time off. Martin and her colleagues are looking to create such a maternity...
...more effective. They underline the truth that France is a prosperous nation whose public services are often superb and whose private companies are frequently world-beaters. And they undermine the international cliché - a cliché the French themselves like to propagate - that France is impossible to change. Bruno Parent is one of the change agents. He's a top civil servant at the Finance Ministry and played a key role in bringing about the transformations there. The failed Sautter plan would have cut costs by merging two huge tax administrations within the ministry. Both are still in place; Parent...
...many deprived areas are dismal. Fort says only 38% of Sens students entering secondary school have mastered reading, writing and math. That's a severe disadvantage for any pupil, but it's worse for the children of the projects. "Many children live in broken homes or ones where neither parent has ever worked, where ambition is minimal, and intellectual activity revolves around daytime television," says Marie-Claude Vitali, founder of the Tremplin (Springboard) social association, which assists residents of the projects in Blois. "Kids aren't just failing in school; they're culturally feral." The vicious circle is completed...
...funding. And that’s the way it should be. Last November, the UC suspended its bylaws in order to fund a study break, thrown by the Asian American Christian Fellowship (AACF), that was open to all students. According to the constitution of the AACF’s parent organization, the Harvard-Radcliffe Christian Fellowship, officers of the group must “subscribe without reserve” to articles of Christian faith, although any student can join the group, and any student could attend this particular study break.The members of the UC who favor grants like this...
...students at community college have a lot to offer elite colleges,” said Josh Wyner, vice president for programming at the Cooke Foundation, a foundation that provides scholarships for students at community college. Community college students include large populations of minorities, students from single parent families or who are the first in their families to attend college, and low income students that four-year colleges seek to recruit to increase diversity, according to Wyner. But many private top-tier colleges, such as Harvard, are not reaching out to encourage applications from community colleges.Community college students at Harvard commented...