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...FAVORITE BOK, Derek Curtis that is, We'll hire Bart Giamatti's charisma whiz. Henry Rosovsky, that creator of Cores, will find in his stocking nothing that bores. There in the toe, slightly out of control, What could it be? Why it's Theda Skocpol! We can't bear to fulfill the wish of Dean Epps, That nary a protest will grace Widener's steps; And as for Dean Fox, we have this prescription, Someone should write him a real job description; Imprudent maybe, but nonetheless fair, Regarding Dan Steiner we must clear the air, And let the rest...
...measures are the result of a report by the University's and Faculty's affirmative action officers on hiring practices in the Sociology Department and a formal grievance field by Theda R. Skocpol, former associate professor of Sociology, charging the department with sex discrimination in its decision not to recommend her for tenure, Rosovsky stated...
...summer's other big news story will be around a little longer, three years, to be exact. President Bok announced in early August that he would examine both the Sociology department and the record of former junior faculty member Theda Skocpol until 1984 before deciding whether to offer Skocpol tenure. Skocpol--who began teaching duties at the University of Chicago this fall--charged last year that she was denied tenure because of her gender. A three-member panel upheld Skocpol's charge in the early spring, and sent the mess on to Bok for a final decision. Instead, he announced...
...have shown some trend towards more genuine compliance: four previously all-male departments--English, History, Anthropology and Psychology--each hired a women for a tenured professorship. Such efforts should continue, and the current review by the administration of the Sociology Department, whose denial of tenure last year to Theda R. Skocpol, former associate professor of Sociology, seems to reflect sexism, conscious or otherwise, should be particularly exhaustive...
...have shown some trend towards more genuine compliance: four previously all-male departments-English, History, Anthropology and Psychology-each hired a women for a tenured professorship. Such efforts should continue, and the current review by the administration of the Sociology Department, whose denial of tenure last year to Theda R. Skocpol, former associate professor of Sociology, seems to reflect sexism, conscious or otherwise, should be particularly exhaustive...