Word: access
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...recommend that the progress in increasing the number of women students be reviewed at the end of a three-year period of equal access admissions and special recruiting efforts...
...women, equal access is regarded as a possible means of rapidly increasing their numbers; however, many are skeptical. For Harvard alumni, equal access means that more women are going to be accommodated by the University; they're worried that this change will come at the expense of some alumni sons and athletes. For Radcliffe alumnae, equal access poses a serious threat for the survival of their alma mater: they are a major force in holding up merger as a result...
Somehow, however, all these constituencies have reconciled themselves to the fact that whatever equal access is, its time has come...
...Committee recommends that an admission policy of equal access be instituted as soon as practical, that is for the admission of the class...
...recommend that the men-to-women student ratio be reduced from the present ratio of 2.5:1, and that the increased number of women be admitted within a policy of equal access. Success in reaching this goal will require an enlarged pool of qualified women applicants, and correspondingly more vigorous recruiting efforts will be necessary...