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Jewett recognizes the need, but nonetheless defends the admissions proceedings. "We haven't hired any admissions personnel this year, due to the merger of the two admissions offices," he says, adding "when we've had openings in the past, we've never had a Chicano applicant. Hiring Arrequin on a part-time basis was the best available alternative...
Chicanos are most vocal in their criticism regarding the third phase of the process--the actual admission of Chicanos. Calls for institutionalization of the system always focus on one specific demand, the hiring of a full-time Chicano admissions official. Harvard has only chosen to hire Esteban Arrequin, a third-year student at the School of Education, as an assistant to the Committee on Admissions. While Arrequin does exercise a vote on each Chicano applicant, he is the first to acknowledge the inadequacy of Harvard's gesture. Arrequin works on a part-time basis at. Byerly Hall, spending...
Compare all this with Harvard: no Chicanos in the faculty, the administration, except Arrequin, no courses offered on the Chicano community and no facilities set aside for its Mexican-Americans. The differences shows in the Chicano population; 110 Chicanos are pursuing their undergraduate studies in New Haven, as opposed to 62 in the College...
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