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...wholesale change in how to teach, colleges are quietly stripping the pastels from brochures and launching Xbox tournaments to try to close the gap in the quality and quantity of boys applying. "It's a gross generalization that slacker boys get in over high-performing girls," says Jennifer Delahunty, dean of admissions at Kenyon College, "but developmentally, girls bring more to the table than boys, and the disparity has gotten greater in recent years...
...persists on campus, where women tend to win more honors, join more clubs, do more volunteer work. "We sit and talk about why no men are applying for leadership roles," says Jason Zelesky, associate dean of students at Clark University in Massachusetts, which is 60-40 female. "Do we need to concentrate more on traditional masculine words--'Be a leader on campus,' as opposed to 'Come join our team'?" He's launching a "men helping men" support program to help boys adjust to their minority status...
...beyond monetary incentives, we also hope that HLS Dean Elena Kagan pursues other changes to bolster HLS’s public interest program. Students should be encouraged to enter the field not simply to alleviate the burdens of tuition, but also because the quality of teaching, scholarship, and public interest programs at HLS genuinely motivate students’ career choices. In that vein, Kagan has already made strides with her recent hires, from Cass R. Sunstein ’75 to Noah Feldman ’92 to Jeannie Suk, all of whom have made significant contributions to scholarship that...
...that has seen a decrease in the proportion of the school’s graduates who enter primary care. This number has declined from 57 percent in 1999 to 44 percent this year. The move seems to present an early indication that the strategic planning initiative of medical school Dean Jeff Flier is on the right track. University President Drew Faust’s statements that she will prioritize financial aid in future fundraising efforts provide further cause for optimism. Of course, whether future graduates—still on the hook for the debts that result from four years...
...percent, Stanford University 9.5 percent, and Dartmouth College 13.2 percent. The change was not confined to Ivy League schools and Stanford. Other elite universities faced challenging admissions decisions too. While Bowdoin College’s admit rate of 18.4 percent was nearly identical to last year’s, Dean of Admissions William M. Shain said applicants for the class of 2012 demonstrated “more powerful” qualifications overall than in years past. “It’s definitely the most competitive of the 25 years we have data for,” he said...