Word: turnoveritis
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In the last few years, there has been a high turnover in administration officials, but not one opening has been filled by a minority or woman candidate. It is, as Leonard's report noted, "difficult to explain or believe" that the English and History Departments cannot find "a black man...
One the other hand, he said that last year's shake-up--in which the department fired three popular instructors and declined to promote two others--was a reassuring sign that Vis Stud will have a "normal turnover in its junior faculty."
Howroyd also wanted to create a sense of community. He laid out narrow, shaded walkways instead of broad streets through most of the town. By thus squeezing out cars, which are parked on Shay Gap's perimeter, he forced people to meet whenever they go outside. Indeed, says Resident...
Moreover, full psychological attachment to a House, or to any organization, for that matter, takes time. Under the present system, students are members (not merely residents) of Houses for three, or even, in some cases at Radcliffe, four years. The vital and exciting programs and activities now happening in the...
The trouble began when fast-food chains, designed specifically to appeal to suburban and highway trade, started to move into established middle-class urban neighborhoods on the fringes of commercial districts. The strategy made good business sense; the places would attract the lunchtime crowd from the nearby offices and stores...