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...that Harvard has wider wealth disparities than America as a whole is the percentage of students it enrolls from public and private schools. Thirty-four percent of the Class of 2003 comes from private schools, but according to the Department of Education, only 9 percent of American high-schoolers attend private secondary schools. Assuming that students from private schools have higher family incomes than those at public schools (even though many suburban public schools have very wealthy student bodies and many urban private schools--parochial schools in particular--have poorer students), this is much greater wealth inequality than that existing...
Woodruff says that the best way to assure change or a good government is for students to attend the open meetings of the task force...
Sure, my parents will attend the scheduled, stiff events, but they didn't leave the smoggy comforts of Southern California to learn about the allure of health care at Harvard--or even to discover the ancient perspectives on our future climate. (Amazing, I know.) Professor Michael J. Sandel may have success rekindling a few parents' flirtations with philosophy, but most folks are undoubtedly more interested in the intimate aspects of our Harvard lives. They'll want to meet that boy. They'll want to meet your nemesis (in my case, that's Stephen E. Sachs '02--damn him!). They...
...change, the financial aid increase falls far short of Princeton's recent experiment. Instead of offering piecemeal measures, Princeton replaced all of its student loans with grants--ensuring that students will no longer graduate burdened by a mountain of debt. Princeton's move will both entice more people to attend the school and open up career options to graduating seniors instead of coercing them into high-paying private-sector jobs straight out of college...
Unfortunately, not every event will ring as true as those just mentioned. The Junior Parents Weekend Committee can't be expected to set up a perfect simulation. Thus you will want to forewarn your parents before they attend the following affairs--lest they falsely interpret the nature of the undergraduate experience...