Events
Time: 2:50 pm - 4:30 pm
Location: 320 Behrakis
Speaker: the Women's Studies Program
Organizer: Lihua Wang
Contact: 617.373.4984, l.wang@neu.edu
Dr. Marieke van den Brink, from the Institute for Management Research at Radboud University Nijmegen, will discuss the findings of a research on gender practices in recruitment and selection of full professors in the Netherlands. I will unmask some persistent myths related to recruitment and selection which are often used to explain away the under-representation of women in senior academic positions in the Netherlands. These myths are unmasked by revealing the various gender practices tied in with professorial recruitment and selection, such as gatekeeping, male networks and the construction of scientific excellence. This presentation challenges the view of an academic world where the allocation of rewards and resources is governed by the normative principles of transparency and meritocracy, and highlights the distance between the ideal ethos of science and the actuality of social interaction in daily working situations.
Open Classroon: The 21st Century City: Urban Opportunities and Challenges in a Global Context
Time: 6 p.m.
Location: 20 West Village F
Speaker: School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs
Organizer: John Sarvey
Contact: (617) 373-8900, j.sarvey@neu.edu
This is the Policy School's fourth "open classroom" policy series, through which we select one graduate-level seminar and open it up to the public each semester.
This course offers a multidisciplinary approach to the wonders and challenges of urban life in the 21st century, focusing on the economic, social, and political dynamics of central cities and suburbs. The course begins by exploring the evolution of U.S. cities from the 18th to the 21st century. This is followed by an examination of the factors that determine the economic health of cities. A large part of the course is devoted to studying key urban policy issues from education and housing to urban crime and transportation.