Word: problems
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...student representatives at the conference, however, said the problem is considerably more complex. Michelle Holmes, a fourth year student, said a minority student must overcome some stiff pressures in order to pursue an academic career. Holmes said minorities have "different values" from other students which press them to return to their communities. In addition to economic pressures, Holmes said, minorities are not always made to feel welcome in an academic environment. "A minority student seeking a faculty career must make a lifetime commitment to be in a place he or she is not wanted. There is an undercurrent of suspicion...
...minority student sees the things a white role model is doing and says, "I want to teach,' but, as a minority, he may be discouraged from this," Clair says. He adds, however, that despite the obstacles a minority student faces in deciding to pursue an academic career, the problem does not lie only in getting students to do this. Clair does not agree with the concept that faculty positions are 'there for the asking' for qualified minorities. "Positions are there, but they are there for everyone--not uniquely for minorities. It's not like there are a certain number...
Long before Reagan's landslide victory, his task forces were digging into the biggest problem that would face the new President: coping with the battered economy. The various panels put together their findings and last week presented a unanimous 20-page report to Reagan for his expected approval. Among their recommendations...
...findings were then calculated on a rolling, three-day average, which Wirthlin contends evened out the peaks and valleys that other pollsters perceived with their single-shot surveys. Wirthlin is frank enough to admit that he had a great advantage over the public pollsters. Says he: "Their major problem was the lack of resources and lack of continuity...
...once said would be a good time to marry, speculation has intensified. Britons, obviously, are curious to know who will be their future Queen; they are also concerned that the Prince produce a royal heir. The field is narrowing as eligible girls are married off. Religion also poses a problem in Britain. A constitutional change would be needed before Charles could marry a Catholic, like Princess Marie-Astrid of Luxembourg. The Princess has repeatedly been mentioned as a possible royal match, but quite apart from the religious bar, the two barely know each other...