Word: coercion
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Subsequently, he said, B.S.U. leaders turned to "tactics of threat and coercion" that resulted in the humiliation of Maurice Jackson, the department head. Jackson, a black, quit Riverside after signing a statement giving the B.S.U. central committee broad veto powers over the hiring of the black studies professors and administrators...
Moreover, an atmosphere of coercion and disruption adversely affects the University in ways other than by impeding its normal activities. The University has faced, and will continue to face, many important issues concerning its relationship to the community and to society. Many of these issues are extremely complex, and insofar as it is impossible for the University to resolve these issues, such resolutions can be accomplished only through a mutual cooperation and discussion. Issues and problems are not discoverable, in an atmosphere of turmoil. Quite apart from the difficulty of exploring questions under such circumstances, the inevitable effect...