Word: roles
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Horner to redefine the role of women at the new "Harvard-Radcliffe." She pushed for equalizing the ratio of men and women admittees; the percentage of women has risen from 20 percent of the student body to 40 percent today...
...that Horner is leaving Harvard, it is clear what Radcliffe has become. Horner helped Radcliffe carve its own niche on campus--as a Women's Studies research center of national repute. As Radcliffe poured funds and effort into building up its research capabilities, it abdicated its role as a force for change on women issues at Harvard...
...haven't had to yell in a while," Horner said two years ago about her role as president. After pressing Harvard to equalize the role of women on campus in the 1970s, Horner's activism petered out. Radcliffe failed to take the lead when the University reviewed its harassment policy a few years ago and when the creation of a Women's Studies concentration was debated. Radcliffe may have built up one of the nation's foremost Women's Studies research centers, but Harvard was one of the last major universities to create a Women's Studies concentration...
Last month, one alumnus questioned whether the role of Radcliffe's president was "to be a thorn in Harvard's side." But with women holding only 7 percent of Harvard's tenured posts and representing only 17 percent of all faculty appointments, and with the festering problems of sexual harassment and unequal ratios of male to female admits, it is necessary for the President of Radcliffe to speak out--or give up her title as the highest advocate for women on campus...
Horner's successor must be a watchdog on the administration and must take a more active role in the University by addressing women's concerns, such as date rape, sexual harrassment and eating problems. The next president must also act to solve academic problems encountered by female undergraduates, who have been alienated by some classroom situations and concentrations. Radcliffe has ensured a place for the women's agenda on campus; it should not allow that agenda to be lost in Harvard's bureaucracy or isolated in Radcliffe Yard...