Word: weal
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...Labor (DOL) for failing to expedite an investigation of hiring practices at the Kennedy School of Government, a nationwide women's organization this week said it will probably file a complaint against DOL if the department doesn't speed things up. Officials at the Women's Equity Action League (WEAL), which last fall charged the K-School with ignoring federal affirmative action codes, have said the unexpected delay in DOL's investigation stems from federal cutbacks in the number of investigators the department may hire and from a shuffling of department personnel earlier this year. DOL had no comment...
...Kennedy School became the focus of an affirmative action-related controversy early in the year, when a national women's group filed a complaint against the school with the Labor Department, charging that the school has ignored federal affirmative action guidelines. The Women's Equity Action League (WEAL) also charged that the K-School had failed to adequately advertise faculty openings in minority-and women-oriented publications. The Labor Department report found the WEAL complaint "not without merit," according to the source...
...bias in even the most honest reporting. The Janet Cooke case gave Richard Nixon the chance to cry "irresponsible" at the Post, and to add piously: "I hope they do better in the future." Journalists often lament that the public fails to appreciate their role in protecting the public weal...
However, he revealed that the department found "meager" the K-School's advertising in minority and women's interest media--a criterion the Woman's Equity Action League (WEAL) used when it kicked off the K-School controversy with its complaint last October...
...surprising that WEAL sources now fear Harvard will "slip through" departmental scrutiny. The battle for true affirmative action at the K-school will not be won through the Department of Labor, WEAL and the students increasingly recognize, and they vow to continue pressuring the school for more than token gestures in the "post-complaint" era. It will be a hard fight...