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BEYOND THE HEDGES/bv Scheleerv Johnson
Sex discrimination
ends at Harvard?
Theda R. Skocpol, a sociologist
who accused Harvard University
of sex descrimination when they
refused her tenure in 1980, has now
been offered a tenured faculty
position at the same institution.
The sex-bias case became the
focus of national attention last
summer when 121 female
sociologists wrote a letter to Derek
C. Bok, President of Harvard
University, in Skocpol's behalf.
Skocpol's book. Stales And
Social Revolution, won the
prestigious C. Wright Mills Award
in 1979, and in 1980 she was
recognized by the American
Sociological Association for
"Distinguished Contributions To
Sociology."
Despite these accomplishments,
Skocpol was refused tenure by the
senior professors in the sociology
department at Harvard, all of
whom were men. Supported by
two members of a three-member
faculty panel who noted that the
sociology department had never
given tenure to a woman, Skocpol
filed a sex- descrimination
grievance.
According to The Chronicle of
Higher Education, an ad hoc
committee was then formed to
review the case. "Although its 1981
recommendations were not made
public, there were reports of tenure
to Skocpol," said the Chronicle.
Bok then announced that there
were "divisions of scholarly
opinion" and that he would review
the case himself. Four years later
he has decided to offer Skocpol
tenure.
Bok told the Chronicle that the
decision had been a difficult one
because "sociology is a difficult
field" with many disagreements
about what constitutes significant
scholarship.
Skocpol, who currently is a
tenured professor at The
University of Chicago, has not yet
made a decision on the Harvard
offer. She is also considering a
position at the University of
California at Berkeley.
Baylor not Baptist
enough, two claim
Just before the Christmas
holidays, President Herbert H.
Reynolds of Baylor University
received a "student manifesto"
criticizing the university for no
longer adhering to its Baptist
heritage.
Ray Smith, from the
Woodlands area of Houston, and
John B. Rollins, from Magnolia,
are both senior ministerial
students at Baylor who claimed the
title "Reverend" in their protest.
They submitted the manifesto
"standing strong" at a weekly
meeting with Reynolds open to
students.
The statement attacked "areas
of the life of Baylor University
which are not subject to the
Lordship of Christ," and went on
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to criticize such things as Baylor's
religion department, songs on the
jukebox in the university's student
center, certain speakers that
appeared on campus during the
fall semester, textbooks, and some
of Baylor's administrative policies.
Smith and Rollins claim that they
represent 25 other students "of like
mind" who did not sign the
manifesto for fear of repercusr
sions, reported The iMriat.
Reynolds is not very concerned
with the matter. "It[the manifesto]
really isn't anything of great
magnitude," he said. "We have
almost 11,000 students and this
group, 1 am told, is [composed of]
about 25 students. That's less than
one quarter of one percent of the
student body, so 1 wouldn't say it's
major."
The Lariat reported that
Reynolds "believes the students
were 'being used' by two
fundamentalist members of the
Southern Baptist Convention. The
Rev. Paige Patterson of Dallas and
Houston State Appeals Court
Judge Paul Presslor".
An editorial in The Ixiriai on
January 16 stated that the two
students failed to recognize that
"the university's mission is to reach
out to others, not to feed itself." A
statement of affirmation compiled
from Baylor archives and the
school's charter and bylaws was
signed by campus leaders and
presented at the same time the
manifesto was presented. It stated
that "Baylor did not intend to
create a bible college or sectarian
indoctrination institute, but
instead to provide a challenging
atmosphere in which students
would be informed in such a
manner as to intellectually
compete with their fellow brothers
and sisters."
"We also have a public trust to
the state of Texas to operate an
institution of higher learning,"
Reynolds said, "it's not that we
[Baylor] teach a different subject
matter, it's how we teach the
subject matter."
Think tank urges
Texas tuition hike
The Texas Research League has
released a report "recommending
that tuition fees be indexed at 15
percent to 20 percent of the cost of
education." according to
University of Texas' Daily Texan.
The Austin-based public-policy
research-group reported that
public colleges and universities in
Texas charge the lowest tuition
and fees of any state in the nation.
"Texas could double the tuition
and fee charges for both residents
and non-residents in the public
colleges and still remain
substantially below the average
charged by other states."the report
said.
John Kennedy, a senior research
associate for the league, said the
recommendations were partly
based on the state's projected
budget deficit of $1.1 billion. But
he also believes that a tuition
increase should take place even if
the state weren't running out of
1HRESHER
Paul Havlak
Editor
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Business Manager
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"When you look at what Texas
students pay compared to students
in other states, it's just ridiculous,"
said Kennedy.
The report also proposes a 10
percent decrease in tuition for
colleges with a declining
enrollment as well as a suggestion
that UT's and Texas A&M
University's tuitions be raised an
additional 10 percent over the
original indexing because they are
premium universities, and because
students "should pay some kind of
premium for that." according to
Kennedy.
Kennedy also said that the
proposed tuition legislation would
contain a provision for increased
financial aid from the state as well,
so that disadvantaged students
would not be prohibited from
attending college.
Student's Association President
Rodney Schlosser does not agree
with the leagues reasoning for
raising the state's tuition. He
claims that it one considers the cost
of books and housing, Texas
students do not pay that much less
than students attending colleges or
universities in other states.
CORRECTION
The January 22 Thresher
erroneously reported that the
back door and office to
Sammy's Cafeteria were left
unlocked the night of January
14. The locks had in fact been
broken open during the
burglary.
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