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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...although reactions to the two appointments--Robert C. Clark at Law School and Robert D. Putnam at the Kennedy School--couldn't have been more different, their effects on the schools were similar in the sense that the deanship decisions clearly marked new stages in the schools' development...

Author: By Teresa A. Mullin, | Title: Conflicts, Controversy In a Time of Transition | 6/8/1989 | See Source »

When she arrived at Radcliffe, Horner says she was faced with an academic situation in which "women had to prove everything that there was." She noticed, she says, "when people recommend men they talk about 'potential' and the 'rough diamond.' When they present women to get a similar position, they have to be 100 times better...

Author: By Rebecca L. Walkowitz, | Title: Creating A Community of Women Scholars at Radcliffe | 6/8/1989 | See Source »

Throughout the fall campaign, Bush swore that he would be the "education President," yet his current budget, in fact, calls for a reduction in education spending. In a similar vein, Bush has repeatedly proclaimed a greater sensitivity to the needs of our environment than his predecessor held, but still showed remarkable passivity in the face of the Alaskan oil spill, seeming reluctant to confront one of the nation's major oil companies...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Calm Amidst A Storm | 6/7/1989 | See Source »

...gone unnoticed--at least by this observer--that Harvard has traditionally had an inordinate impact upon the practices of other institutions of American higher education. It therefore has inherited a moral reponsibility of national import with respect to the issue of faculty diversity. To some extent, this view is similar to that of those who have struggled so mightily for the Harvard Corporation to divest its stock in companies that are in South Africa. However, in the case of hiring a fair number of Black faculty, there cannot be an analogous counter-argument suggesting that an immediate loss would accrue...

Author: By Ronald Walters, | Title: Conservatism Closing the Mind | 6/7/1989 | See Source »

...clear from these arguments that Harvard should not be so smug in rejecting the notion of greeks on this campus. But another issue that arises from this discussion is that of the final clubs. They are in many respects similar to fraternities and sororities (in selective membership, for example); yet Harvard does not recognize them on campus. Why should greeks be treated differently...

Author: By Timothy S. Gramling, | Title: Why Allow Greeks? | 6/6/1989 | See Source »

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