Word: paternalisme
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"I think [the QRR] is just ridiculous and is just an example of Harvard's paternalism," said Paul H. Freedman '98.
I would like to thank you for your editorial, "Reverse the Tide of Paternalism." I thought it was an excellent piece. It was eloquent, concise, accurate, and very astute. In my opinion, you expressed perfectly the crucial and terrible flaws of the Ad Board and the Administration's general attitude...
In America, we have developed two main doctrines of thought regarding race relations. The national dichotomy between these two doctrines falls roughly into line with the campus dichotomy between those who assign blame to others and those who think rhetoric is sufficient. On the one hand, there is the conservative...
The ability of students to practice their decision-making skills in a "safe" environment is probably the single most important benefit a college administration can provide its students. But when major decisions are handed down from University Hall--decisions that are better left in the hands of the students who...
All the above examples of College paternalism, from randomization to PBH, have been debated on this page many times before. But I wanted to highlight what I consider the most egregious example of administrative paternalism--the Ad Board--in the hopes that the Undergraduate Council's past push for reform...