Word: segregationism
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But the plan passed the Faculty, moving all freshmen to the Yard and pushing the Quad toward a much more visible form of segregation. The Quad’s unpopularity made it ideal for self-imposed isolation. “[The Quad] became students of color,” Associate...
The Dean of the College at the time, L. Fred Jewett ’57, instituted the change in housing assignments from a system where blocking groups could rank their top four House choices to a completely randomized selection process. According to Dingman, randomization solved the chronic problem of self...
Regardless of how happy seniors say they are at the Quad, few dispute that it makes first-year friendships difficult to maintain, and leads to social self-segregation even in its randomized form. Many Quad residents don’t mind the trek. Likened by some to ?...
“John and I have a lot of fun together. But there is one thing we don’t laugh about: the true meaning of two ugly words—segregation and racism,” Heilbrun said.
Boston has been at the forefront of educational segregation battles in the past, and its commitment to busing during those contentious years moved the country forward. But recent reports from the Harvard Civil Rights Project have shown that schools nationally have become more segregated. In such a segregated environment, Boston...