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...It’s perplexing to see someone say that the study of feminism doesn’t speak to diversity,” he added, calling Mattera’s view on feminism narrow...
...useful barometer for finding a person with shared values. Says Bostonian Karen Schoneman: "I tend to have a negative reaction toward a man who indicates race preferences, whether it excludes me as a white woman or not." When she sees evidence online of what she regards as narrow-mindedness, she skips right to the next profile. One click closer, maybe, to postracial eHarmony...
However, students, staff, and faculty should still acknowledge that students’ desire to study abroad need not line up with their career interests or plans for the future. Students often go to OCS with a narrow conception of the results—the job—they want, and approaching international experiences with this fixed attitude would be a mistake. Much of the value of studying abroad is that it introduces students to new life perspectives and opportunities; viewing the time strictly as a step toward a particular profession may, in fact, detract from the experience...
...Society has to make a decision about what skills or new knowledge it wants and values and how it will pay for them, “ he said. “This is the narrow line that we are trying to walk...
...Center, I’m not sure the label is referring to me. For my male peers, there is the convenient label of “guy,” a term that is delightfully versatile enough to span the gap between boy and man and yet narrow enough to distinguish final club members from say, a tenured professor. There doesn’t seem to be a truly equivalent term for females—people are going to throw you odd looks if you constantly refer them as “gals.” Feminists...