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...suit to defend its posture in favor of minority applicants. In a very narrow sense, the issue of the suit may be construed as solely one of admissions policies for minorities. Yet, in a broader sense, the issue involves the possibility of meritocratic admissions policies based on strict statistical criteria. Thus, there are a few points regarding the possible consequences of this suit for Harvard College that were not adequately discussed in the editorial "The 'Reverse Discrimination' Backlash" (Crimson...
...most de-emphasized point is that if Harvard were to use only strict statistical academic criteria, not only would some minority applicants be affected, but also some persons with exceptional athletic ability, persons with strong leadership potential, persons with high creative talent, and persons whose fathers are wealthy Harvard alumni would be affected. If applicants were evaluated on the basis of two sets of numbers alone, not only would Harvard be ignoring many, many persons with talents immeasurable in quantitative terms, but it would probably have a very dull, undiverse student body as well...
...asked them to consider a possible compromise based on a "pay relativities" study just issued by the National Pay Board. The study provides for a public inquiry board to recommend wage boosts on the basis of working conditions and the national importance of the industry. Under such criteria, the miners would have a good case. Their jobs are both dangerous and necessary, and yet they earn less (as little as $57 weekly) than a London secretary, who averages $92. Yet both sides have become so unyielding, it is questionable whether a compromise can be worked out before the executive committee...
Cheatham said in an interview at the meeting that he hoped the mini-school concept would "put pressure on higher institutions" to change the criteria by which they evaluate students...
...applied to Lowell in Lowell, even though hundreds of freshmen who did apply there were turned away. This fall, the Committee on Houses and Undergraduate Life decided to reaffirm students' freedom of choice. They began by eliminating master's choice, class rank, home town and field of concentration as criteria in House assignment, which was fair enough. Then they decided to add sex to the list and end Radcliffe's guaranteed one to one ratio--which probably means all the Houses would end up with similar, strongly male, ratios...