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...down to it, the college’s overall recruiting practices should project our belief in the power of education to change the world, not merely in the power of rebounding to change a game. The school has taken a great step in this direction with the Harvard Financial Aid Initiative, and the accompanying academic recruiting push among America’s less affluent communities. But a college whose freshman class still draws more members from Andover than from most states has plenty of work left to do. Every effort that Harvard devotes to that prospect seeking to concentrate...
...base, with a motto emerging from his mouth: “Come and help us.” There is a grim irony in this apostrophe to the Puritan mission civilisatrice, for, as any American must admit, the colonization of North America proceeded not under the mantle of aid but of annihilation. Within years of European contact, Massachusetts’ aboriginal people were decimated by disease and then finished off by military action...
...sounds naive of Geldof to attribute this to Bush's desire to live up to the American ideal of "the Good, the Fair and the Just." Though Geldof pointed out that China and India are aggressively investing in that continent, he didn't make the connection that U.S. aid to Africa is also a self-interested investment. Geldof disappoints with his simplistic view of Bush's agenda in Africa. Mitra K. Shavarini, Lexington, Mass...
...officer telling her she had been accepted, even though official decisions would not be available for over a month.A few days later, the phone call would be followed by a letter confirming that she could expect to receive an offer from the school.According to Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid William R. Fitzsimmons ’67, in each of the past five years, Harvard has sent out between 64 and 114 of these storied “likely letters”—notifications to applicants before the official reply date that they can expect a big envelope...
...sounds naive of Geldof to attribute this to Bush's desire to live up to the American ideal of "the Good, the Fair and the Just." Though Geldof pointed out that China and India are aggressively investing in that continent, he didn't make the connection that U.S. aid to Africa is also a self-interested investment. Geldof disappoints with his simplistic view of Bush's agenda in Africa. Mitra K. Shavarini, LEXINGTON, MASS...