Word: regarded
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...them don't go into university administration. It's certainly the case that the best Black undergraduate students don't go to graduate school anymore to become professors. The percentage of Blacks going into academia is lower now than was a generation ago. And second, as with regard to employment, I was, of course, referring to racial discrimination, and not to employment. What's happened in employment is in great part connected to what's happened in the Black family and also in the American family in general...
...affirmative action, and in addressing the problem of underrepresentation of people in various segments of society. We argue that they need certain kinds of skills, and the only place they can acquire those skills is in universities. Universities are gatekeepers and have a certain special duty in that regard I find that a lot of the choices that are made, particularly in faculty decisions and when one talks about mid-level and upper-level administrators has to do with this quaint thing called "fit," much more than it has to do with this thing called "objective qualifications." I have...
Bane: I'm pleased to hear Professor Mansfield say what he did about admissions policies, because I think the diversity of the student body is the right thing to keep in mind. I think to some extent, some of those same arguments were applied with regard to faculty, that there is an advantage to a university to having Blacks and women among its faculty. In paying attention to affirmative action, we've broadened our recruiting pool, we've made some special efforts to go out and bring people in to be interviewed who might not have been found...
...Reagan Administration plan to give Jordan $220 million for training and equipping a special strike force that could be used in the event of an emergency in the region. Both the Saudis and the Jordanians say they want the arms for defense against other Muslim countries, but the Israelis regard any Arab arms buildup as a potential threat...
...first like Fransis Truffaut's nostalgic tribute to that signature genre of the 1940s, the film noir. It figures, as Bogie might say in one of those murky oldies. After all, it was the French who named the style, and Truffaut is a director with an affectionate regard for the movies' past glories and a flair for paying them homage...