Word: personal
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...time. Yet the only panelist named was the only man. The only panelist quoted, four times, was the only man. His remarks were given four paragraphs, whereas the four women were relegated to a single paragraph--un-named, un-described, and un-defined by the article. The only other person mentioned in the article by name was the male moderator...
...land their houses stand on, and where the black schools are hardly worth attending. (I wonder whether Harvard would ever grant an honorary degree to Nelson Mandela, the great black South African who spoke out for freedom. It seems unlikely; Mandela could not come to receive the degree in person, anyway, because--like so many South Africans, black and white, who too strongly have denounced apartheid--he has been in prison for 15 years.) Apartheid's supporters are not good at taking criticism; if it seems likely to become serious, the critic is silenced by banning, jailing, exile or death...
...Harvard if they have the choice in a tenure track position at another university. "If one had a viable offer elsewhere, it would be foolish to come here," Dale says, adding, "Other universities of lesser stature can lure the best professors away, because they can say what no responsible person at Harvard can say--'we could hire you.'" Other professors disagree with Dale's prophesy, believing that Harvard's prestige and research facilities will continue to draw the finest talent, but all agree the dim tenure future will force candidates to make a much tougher evaluation of the risks...
...express concern that the star system skews the age distribution of senior faculty and overlooks young, potentially brilliant scholars. "The procedures prescribed by Harvard for making tenure appointments worry me for this reason--they may be somewhat slanted against younger people. In my field of English, the younger a person is, the less likely he is heard of outside the university. There might be the greatest Wunderkind in the world and we might know that but outside people won't Perkins says...
...delight, he also has a center forward who knows where to be when there's scoring to be done. But if you asked the sophomore from Groton, Conn. why she's such a talented spearhead to the Harvard women's soccer attack, she'd be the last person to give you a good reason...