Word: recommends
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WHEN the Sociology Department recently decided not to recommend a tenured position for Theda R. Skocpol, associate professor of Sociology, it acted against its own interests, the interests of students in the field, and the interests of the University in adding more young scholars and women to the Faculty...
...Falwell and his associates because he has failed to fight for such matters as a ban on abortion or legalizing prayer in schools. Says Randy Stewart, a Baptist minister in Lexington, Ky., and a member of Moral Majority: "I will talk about the issues in my church. I will recommend issues to the congregation, not candidates. But when I get through, they will know who I am voting for: Ronald Reagan...
...given to improving the quality of elementary and secondary schools. They call on the nation's school-board members and superintendents to stress such subjects as history, English, philosophy and foreign languages (now taken by only 15% of high school students, compared with 24% in 1965). They recommend that writing classes be limited to no more than 20 students, and that a minimum of $16 million in new federal funds be set aside to spread innovative humanities programs...
...Sociology Department's decision last week not to recommend tenure for Theda R. Skocpol, associate professor of Sociology, came as a surprise to many who consider her one of the top young sociologists in the country...
...Skocpol decision upset many Sociology graduate students who had supported a resolution last month calling on the department to recommend Skocpol for tenure, Peter Bearman, Sociology graduate student coordinator, said this week...