Word: scholarship
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...past 17 years, Horner has been responsible for defining Radcliffe's current relationship with Harvard, and for establishing Radcliffe as what many call the foremost research institute on scholarship by, for and about women. However, in recent years, Radcliffe has been accused of neglecting undergraduates by focusing primarily on its postgraduate programs...
...acceptance speech, Wilson indicated that she gives high priority to Radcliffe's continuing evolution as a research institution for women's scholarship and to issues of women in science. However, she did not specify the role she sees for Radcliffe in oversight of the position of women at Harvard. Thus far, she seems to echo Horner's priorities, and thus Horner's shortcomings. Though Wilson has obviously been briefed on the key issues concerning undergraduate women, she has yet to give specific indications of her plans to address these concerns...
Opportunities abound for Radcliffe to establish programs in conjuction with Harvard's undergraduate departments and graduate schools to encourage scholarship by and about women. President Derek C. Bok has mentioned these as potential areas for future cooperation between the two institutions. Wilson would do well to call him on his suggestions, and play a few hands of her own to further the status of women at Harvard...
...would like to come back, but just to be realistic, I'm not sure they would want me," MacFarland said in the interview. "I reluctantly understand their position. This event wouldn't effect my ability to judge scholarship, but it might undermine the committee's mandate...
...most other University libraries must use the New England Depository Library or the Harvard Depository--storage facilities located miles off campus--for their overflow. And, although professors can recall a book from the warehouse within 24 hours, many faculty members complain that they have lost valuable aspects of their scholarship with the departure of whole library sections from The Yard...