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...results from university surveys of Yale and Harvard Business School graduates—was unusually rigorous for the genre.At one time, during the rise of the women’s rights movement in the 1960s, the drive to look at women as a whole was a necessary part of progress toward equality. It was more justified then: in Betty Friedan’s time, fewer people were aware of the widespread frustration and discrimination affecting most women. It was “buried, unspoken,” as she famously wrote, and writing about the role of women in society...
...resignation awaits a leadership committed to change—not just a hefty check.“As long as we don’t know who the next president will be and what stance the leader will have, it’s a little hard to talk about progress. You really need a leadership that takes ownership of the issue,” says Professor of Sociology and of African and African American Studies Michele Lamont.“Social engineering is a complex thing and it doesn’t happen overnight,” she says...
...even discuss, much less take a vote on, the groundbreaking document at any of its full meetings during the year. While the report certainly has its shortcomings, those can only be addressed when serious debate begins. Thus far, it hasn’t. While the Faculty has made progress in terms of expanding the restrictive course offerings of the Core for next year, there has been far too much inertia with respect to discussing necessary, more sweeping reforms.When the Faculty finally got around to discussing the curricular review in April, it managed only to address the issues of secondary fields...
...It’s going to be different this year,” said Henderson of his team’s struggles. “We haven’t been as dominant as we were last year so early on in the season. The season is definitely progressing slightly differently than it did last year.” The troubles—and broken streaks—continued several weeks later at Eastern Sprints, where the varsity eight failed to capture first place for the first time in three years. Fortunately for the Crimson, the second varsity crew picked...
...main reasons that we lack the passion of previous generations is the absence of any form of sacrifice; we have not been asked to make one, and if asked, it is uncertain whether a critical mass would be willing to do so. America may strive towards progress, wealth, and prosperity, but we have forgotten what it means to be forced to give up some of that for a greater good...