Word: revamp
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...mandate a greater "diversity" within faculty and student bodies as well as the movement, derisively labeled "political correctness," that seeks to suppress thoughts or statements deemed offensive to women, blacks or other groups. Some of this has provoked flare-ups, notably at Stanford University, which in 1988 decided to revamp its first-year course, Western Culture, in response to critical pressure. Some students and faculty members at the elite, ethnically diverse institution had complained that the course syllabus offered only the writings of white males. The prospect of one or more of these -- Plato? Shakespeare? -- being kicked out to make...
After meeting with student protesters to explain his position, Jewett organized the 17-person Date Rape Task Force to write a college policy on date rape and to revamp the disciplinary board's procedures if necessary. The task force included students, faculty members, and administrators--including members of the Ad Board...
UNTIL last fall, Harvard had taken few decisive steps toward solving the perennial problem of acquaintance rape on campus. In November, following a firestorm over comments made by members of the College's Administrative Board, a committee was formed to revamp disciplinary procedures and devise a policy on date rape...
...Revamp Cambridge's housing code inspection and enforcement efforts...
Last week Councillors Walsh and Sheila T. Russell delayed several of the council's orders because they said they were not invited to a press conference to announce a new proposal to revamp the city's rent control policy. In response to Walsh's and Russell's action, Councillors Francis H. Duehay '55 and Jonathan S. Myers delayed the rest of the orders...