Word: specialize
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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Despite this revelation, Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid William R. Fitzsimmons '67 continues to insist, quite shamelessly, that "It's very clear to us that students from Asian-American backgrounds often receive a special...
...doing is more revolutionary than early feminism," declares psychologist Judith Jordan, co-founder of the women's studies program at McLean Hospital in Belmont, Mass. "We believe that the culture, which has been one of power, objectification and violence, has to change. Women's sensitivity to relationship offers a special gift in making that occur...
...EMILY's List (Early Money Is Like Yeast), the Hollywood Women's Political Committee and the Women's Campaign Fund -- are slowly changing the gender deficit. EMILY's List, founded by Ellen Malcolm, has raised more than $800,000 in 1990, in contrast to $650,000 two years earlier. Special-interest groups like the National Abortion Rights Action League have formed political-action committees that contribute heavily to pro-choice candidates...
Officially, the NIH has had a policy since 1986 of requiring grant applicants to at least "consider" including women in their research. But that policy has been limply enforced. In September NIH acting director Dr. William Raub set up a special office to explore the problem...
...University's policy of granting preferential treatment in admissions to children of Harvard and Radcliffe alumni ("legacies") and recruited athletes. We have pointed to disparate admission rates that suggest that the fabled "tips" given to these groups are, in fact, hard shoves. We have argued that doling out special privileges to legacies because of the accident of their births is unjust and anachronistic. We have contended that admitting marginally qualified students who happen to be able to play hockey or football is an unconscionable compromise of Harvard's touted academic standards...