Word: stigmas
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...developed this program to encourage students to consider unconventional career paths. “Something happens when students get to Harvard,” she says. “Students are afraid to acknowledge their unique interests. It isn’t that there’s a stigma on campus toward non-traditional careers. There’s just an absence of validation. If sticking the Harvard name next to a non-traditional career allows students to suddenly take their passions seriously, let’s keep offering these programs.” FUNDING THE FOODThe climate for food...
Blanco said this disparity is due to students’ lack of awareness, the stigma associated with seeking medical help, and limited availability of treatment on campuses...
...Motors, the automaker in most imminent danger of failure, gave lawmakers three reasons Chapter 11 isn't an option. First, the special financing that usually tides companies over through reorganization is so scarce right now that GM might not be able to get enough to keep functioning. Second, the stigma of bankruptcy would deter consumers from buying GM cars. Third, GM is already in the midst of a dramatic reorganization that will pave the way to a profitable future...
...said that Harvard looks at each case individually—especially suicide cases, which can involve a wide range of circumstances—and that the University has also taken steps to normalize mental health disorders and reduce the stigma surrounding them on campus...
...downside for art if McCain wins. With a McCrazy budget, we could see less money going to education and already under-funded, public school arts programs would nearly evaporate. Kids with otherwise great artistic potential might join the rot and be forgotten by history.On top of this, a great stigma has been constructed by the Republicans against the term “elitist.” They have created the sense that educated people must apologize for their educations. The only acceptable worldview becomes a dumbed-down version, and the same could become true of art. Rather than psychological...