Word: question
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...They are perfectly competent to sit on the Board of Overseers," Wolff says. "At no time have we called into question the legitimacy of their interest in Harvard's affairs, and that's just outrageous of [Egan]. Simple decency and courtesy would require him to do the same...
...making a decision in the case is not as simple as Baker may portray it. "Someone just hearing about the case could say, 'That's easy--it has to be this,'" or 'It's couldn't possibly be this,'" says Allen. "It's not an easy question...
...question was, 'how do we think about the roles that women are in' and 'how do we give them the dignity and the financial remuneration and all the other things they deserve,'" Horner said last week after the announcement that Linda S. Wilson would replace her on July...
Despite the relatively small available pool of Black faculty, there are still approximately 18,000 today. Since many Ivy League institutions are able to afford the best and brightest of any faculty, the supply question should be mitigated by their resources. So the logical reason which has emerged for the dearth of Black faculty is that they are not "the best" in their fields--or, the meritocracy argument all over again...
...would have great difficulty admitting that Blacks were the very best in any field--except for, perhaps, Afro-American Studies, and even there some would have doubts. Such a program unavoidably and unsurprisingly mirrors the racial paradigm in society as a whole. Nevertheless, what is being slowly called into question is whether Harvard or the society which it serves is best served by such a strict meritorious system...