Word: institutionalize
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To several activists, the idea that gay people should embrace an institution that has traditionally excluded them is offensive.
"It degrades the institution of marriage," Ross said. "Homosexual and heterosexual unions should not be placed on the same level."
Some worry that the institution of the family will be undermined.
Yet even as they grow in clout, for-profit schools are still struggling to do what their name denotes--make money. That requires taking the same government funds that the average school district spends per pupil per year--the U.S. average is $6,500--and not only providing a superior...
"Recruiting a senior person from another institution is difficult," he says. "But it's difficult everywhere. It takes longer here, and part of that is because Harvard is less willing to go to a kind of star system...we have very high quality across disciplines."