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...Thernstrom incident, any remark, by any professor, threatened to undermine academia's most cherished principle: the sanctity of the classroom. Any remark would make it a shade less true that there is something about what goes on in the classroom that removes it from the realm of debate--that whoever presides there is entitled to some unchallengeable prestige...
Which raises the question as to whether Mallon should be writing fiction at all. In Segal's case, his work made bestseller lists, whatever its literary merits. But Mallon will not achieve similar popularity. And though he should not be shamed out of academia for his fictional foray, he should consider whether he wants to taint his critical reputation by writing schlock...
...addition to administrative responsibilities, women faculty are more likely to be called upon to advise women students who are looking for role models in academia...
...major issue is what can be done to retainwomen in academia at the same rate men areretained in given comparable abilities," saysPilbeam, a member of the faculty standingcommittee on the status of women...
...many faculty members say the present systemof appointments, even if it was altered bySpence's plan, would still not address fundamentaldifferences between men and women in academia...