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...cumulative academic achievement. An official in the prize office said that most of the essay contests that her office oversaw this year drew under 10 competitors. The problem may be one of access for the whole community: A select few students compete for costly rewards. Or it may be benign: Few students--men or women--are interested in competing for essay prizes. Or it may pertain specifically to the status of women in the University...
...officials who conducted the study, and Alberta Arthurs, Dean of Admissions, Financial Aid and Women's Education, who requested the inquiry, have provided the community with valuable information. It is now up to department chairmen and prize committees to act on it--to correct what may be a benign discrepancy before it becomes a chronic, habitual problem...
...revelations raised eyebrows in many Harvard quarters. Alberta Arthurs, dean of admissions, financial aid and women's education, who requested the study, said the findings are "even more mysterious than we had supposed." Diagnoses of the discrepancy range from accusations of discrimination against women applicants to a more benign disinterest among students--men and women--in the competitions...
...might assume that the manuscript, scribbled by some tribal chieftain, had perhaps moldered under a totem pole until discovered by a nosy anthropologist or Royal Canadian Mountie. Not so. The author is an energetic, white-haired American woman, now 72, named Margaret Craven. The history of her book, from benign neglect to some national celebrity, offers wry commentary on the ways of commerce and the world of publishing...
Confidence is now reportedly on the rise in the powerful circles close to the top. "I think we're finally on the right track," said one high official who wished to remain anonymous. "This policy of benign neglect which we've been following in regard to the underworld for years and years just hasn't paid off in dollars and cents. It's as if General Motors never made any cars or trucks and just tried to wish Ford out of business. That's ridiculous, of course. Why should things be any different in the public sector? The states...