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...Well-known," of course, is a relative term. Chances are that if you do not live in Lowell House, you do not know Jim Sheppe, or at least do not know a great deal about him. He has not had a famous career in Harvard extra-curricula's; most of his favorite activities have centered either on the House or beyond the confines of the campus altogether...
While Achievement tests obviously correlate more closely with high school curricula, admissions officers are far from agreeing exactly what the connection is. Most say a strong high school will bring up a student's scores, possibly shortchanging those enrolled in lesser schools...
...world. But a government action--or failure to act--which allows or tacitly encourages imprudent behaviour is reprehensible. The refusal of Congress to expel convicted embezzler Rep. Charles Diggs; the legitimization of gambling and state lotteries; the refusal to counter pornography and the creation of sex education curricula--all these steps can only promote suspect values, he argues...
...other major proposed change the sequencing of courses to allow specialization, would probable not cause changes elsewhere if it were adopted here because most other law schools lack adequate resources to diversify their curricula...
...recent years. Ever since the early 1970s--when the women's liberation movement spread across the nation--administrators and academicians have debated the legitimacy of women's studies programs. Some scholars have argued that the study of women is a unique entity that should be treated separately from traditional curricula; others contend that it is too integral a part of the standard disciplines to be distilled out. Some universities have created women's studies departments; many have ignored the issue altogether. Harvard has chosen the middle ground--leaving the study of women's history and issues in traditional departments while...