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...roast, Robbins was harassed by a boldly-attired gumshoe who challenged him with “outstanding offenses,” a literal “parole board”—a large piece of plywood with the word “PAROLE” in block letters??and a trio of drag-wearing picketers protesting films including Antitrust and Mission to Mars...
...share its anti-Semitic and pro-Nazi attitudes. Williams College, for instance, was moving to terminate its relations with German universities. The same year that President Conant had tea with Ernst Hanfstaengl, the Chancellor of New York University called on “teachers, scientists and men of letters?? to “resist with all their power” the academic policies of the Nazis...
Each department that has been granted permission to conduct a search develops a short list of five or six candidates. Departments then send “blind letters?? to 15 or 20 scholars outside Harvard who work in the field of the tenure candidates to request feedback on their qualifications. The letters also ask the outside reviewers to alert the department to any female or minority candidates whom they might have overlooked, Tompkins said...
...friends would be happy for me,” he says. “Some of them weren’t, and that might simply be due to resentment.” He also reports that far from discouraging Peter, he actually helped Peter with his resumes and cover letters??acts of kindness he says were overlooked and underappreciated...
...that historically have sent enough students through the Yard gates to earn them the title of “feeder schools,” and, on the other end of the spectrum, schools that do not regularly send seniors off to Harvard. And Harvard sends “search letters?? to a wide swath of students based on SAT scores and self-reported grade point averages. Harvard alumni also visit middle schools across the country, particularly low-performing middle schools, to make “early awareness” visits...