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Richardson stated that Bok met with him as the official representative of a committee of five college presidents appointed by the American Council on Education several months ago. The committee, formed "to iron out confusion between college presidents and the Department of HEW" according to Bok, represented three schools currently under investigation by HEW, Harvard, the University of Michigan, and Columbia, as well as two others...
...HEW has so far developed the most comprehensive response to pressure for affirmative action. In response to a recommendation by the Task Force on Women's Rights and Responsibilities and demands from women's groups within the government, Elliot Richardson, secretary of HEW, last year created the Women's Action Program. Its purpose is to report on how to end discrimination against women both within the Department and in society in general...
Their first report, which came out this year in January, not surprisingly found that while women made up 63.1 per cent of the total HEW work force, they comprised only 14.4 per cent of the highest level jobs, while men, who were only 36.9 per cent of HEW employees, held 85.6 per cent of the top leadership jobs. HEW has developed a plan for correcting this situation, complete with goals and timetables. David Martin, an HEW spokesman, reported last month that HEW had so far been "100 per cent successful in filling positions at the top level." The women have...
...would never dream of discriminating against women. It's very subtle, they don't realize it." Mrs. Kleeman, of the Woman's Action Program of HEW, remarked...
...more than that, their greatest effect may be, as most radical groups, to make many ideas which once appeared radical seem highly reasonable and respectable. "The women's movement has made middle positions comfortable: I don't think HEW would have responded without it." Ms. Kleeman said. "What is a radical position now will be conservative in a few years...