Word: access
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WHEN THE HARVARD Board of Overseers approved the Strauch report Monday, the merger of the Harvard and Radcliffe admissions offices and the institution of an equal access admissions policy was officially launched. Yet after a year of preparatory discussions designed to give everyone in the Harvard-Radcliffe community a clear picture of what the pending changes will mean for the undergraduate student body, some serious questions still must be answered...
...Harvard Board of Overseers yesterday gave final approval to institution of equal access admissions, a unified Harvard-Radcliffe admission office for first year and the other recommendations of Strauch Committees...
...addition to calling for admissions merger and equal access, the Strauch recommendations include; intensified recruiting efforts for women students, faculty and administrators; equalization of facilities and prizes for men and women; one dean of the merged admissions office; men and women in equal positions on the admissions committee; improvement of the Quadrangle housing facilities; no substantial increase in the size of the undergraduate student body at this time; the setting up of a standing committee on admissions and financial aid; and a thorough review of equal access after three years...
...Sixth Fleet still has bases in the western Mediterranean, notably at Naples in Italy and Rota in Spain. But these are at least three-hours steaming time from eastern waters, a fact that will become even more important next month when access to the eastern Mediterranean is increased after the reopening of the Suez Canal-a herculean chore carried out in part by Sixth Fleet salvage units. All of the 50 or so ships of the Sixth Fleet can be rotated back to Norfolk, headquarters of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet. But that kind of maneuvering would add to fuel costs...
Bunting said she wore a white armband at the last commencement she attended here to signify her support for equal access, which, she said, was one of the things she had hope for most while she was here...