Word: reform
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...honorariums, gifts and free trips -- looks like a bargain when put up against, say, the average $14 billion annual cost of the S & L bailout. Some degree of public financing of campaigns might also help cut the umbilical cord between Congress and special interests, but last year campaign-reform efforts bogged down in partisan fighting and constitutional questions. This year the issue is hopelessly deadlocked...
Characterized by spontaneity, passion and receptivity to his audience, Ocasio's public statements have become a highlight of student demonstrations for hiring reform. Ocasio says that often he goes before crowds with only an outline of an idea rather than a prepared speech, and draws his cues from listeners...
Ocasio explains the reason for his activitysimply. "Beyond the fact that I am Puerto Rican,which I am very proud of, Harvard is very muchused as a model. [Hiring reform] will help otherschools in their struggle by saying, 'Look,Harvard has a strong affirmative action program...
Nowhere was the issue of pluralism more prominent than in the coordination of student demands for reform in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. For years, minority groups have pleaded, demanded and bargained with administrators for ethnic studies courses to balance out the University's curriculum. In 1988, after a coalition of minority leaders filed an intensive and stinging criticism of hiring practices, the faculty finally responded...
...these requests have each been addressed in depth by the newly appointed dean despite the earlier criticisms of him. Clark says a main focus of his education reform will be an attempt to improve the quality of the school's training by increasing students' exposure to professors...