Word: women
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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PBHA enjoys the good company of the many credible service organizations which take political stands. Amnesty International outspokenly condemns the death penalty. The League of Women Voters supports the Equal Rights Amendment. Planned Parenthood offers abortion referral services. These non-partisan organizations recognize politics as an opportunity to humanize our society...
...rape of two women at the Business School brings to light the security problems that students and employers face. The chief security problem seems to be lack of communication...the University should step up its campaign to inform students of its protective services...
Silence on Women...
Assimilation does not make women feel at home; it only makes them feel invisible...Plugging more women into what was once an all-male institution and expecting them to conform will only perpetuate those feelings of invisibility. The University should work towards breaking the public silence by giving support and respect to a women's center such as the Forum and to women's groups such as the Women's Clearinghouse...Finally, women need not only recognition, but leadership. Expanding Radcliffe admissions lists will mean little to educated women until the University is willing to increase the number of women...
...itself, is a problem....the system discriminates against young academics; it favors the "big name" over youthful vigor and potential...In essence, junior faculty at Harvard are traveling the academic equivalent of a dead-end street, and that creates a morale problem...First, Harvard should start hiring minorities and women--not just make noises about how it's trying very hard...Second, departments should begin appointing young, promising scholars. Finally--and most importantly for undergraduates--the Faculty must place far greater emphasis on teaching ability in its hiring decisions...