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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...recognizes the problem of lack of minority faculty members in the University. The different incentives established to date have been helpful, but they are not enough by themselves--some sort of periodic review process would be in order to make sure that satisfactory progress is being made...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Minority Faculty | 5/13/1988 | See Source »

...this time, though, it is too late to cop a simple, honesty-is-the-best- pol icy plea for the work. Those who wholeheartedly agree with the author's self-review will have long since slipped out of the auditorium muttering to themselves. For those still glued to their chairs, a corollary to an old adage will probably have occurred: if it is still true that the only life worth living is the examined one, it may be that in 20th century America the only life worth examining is the headlong one. Incaution on the scale that Kazan has practiced...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Incaution on A Grand Scale ELIA KAZAN: A LIFE | 5/9/1988 | See Source »

...undecided faculty in equal numbers. At times, each faction has had enough pull to bring the tenure process to a grinding halt, destroying the faculty's collegiality. Most recently, the case of Assistant Professor of Law Clare Dalton, who was denied tenure by the faculty and President Bok on review, has raised issues of gender and political discrimination that have turned academic disputes into personal ones...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Leaders Apply Here | 5/6/1988 | See Source »

...upholding the good name of the army than about publishing works of scientific significance. In the early 1950s, when Roth was ready to publish his findings on the reproductive behavior of the cockroach, the army refused to give him clearance. After he submitted the paper to Washington officials for review, he recalls, "It came back with a note saying that it was unacceptable because of the use of the word 'sex' in the title. I took the word 'sex' out of the title and got back a note saying that 'the title is fine, you can't publish this because...

Author: By Shari Rudavsky, | Title: Roaches: Nuisance or Science? | 5/6/1988 | See Source »

Mike is a word processor. Hmmmmmm. Click, click, click. Paragraphs from that fellow over there, thoughts from that woman opposite. Phrases from pleasant platitudes past and present. Committee review. Clip and paste. Put this up there, that down here. Reassemble it all in a white plastic machine and then read...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency: Of Poets and Word Processors | 5/2/1988 | See Source »

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