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Faculty officials today say they are working to correct the dearth of Black faculty. They attribute the problem to a number of factors, including a historically trickling pipeline. But some scholars say Harvard could do more...
Matory attributes part of the dearth to "special financial exigencies" facing many potential minority Ph.D.'s. "It's hard to decide to go into academia when you know it's unlikely you'll earn much money for ail of the years you study," he says...
...what Dean of Admissions William R. Fitzsimmons '67 calls "the first of the modern era." That year's 121 Black matriculating students nearly doubled the 63 students in the Class of 1972. Fitzsimmons attributes the dramatic jump to heavy recruiting prompted by "an institutional concern for the dearth of African-American students on this campus...
...first Black student graduated from Harvard in 1870, resources for Afro American studies have increased and numerous organizations for Black students have been formed. Despite these advances, many Black students still complain of a subtle kind of racism that pervades the campus. As the University struggles with a dearth of Black faculty and a drop in the number of Black students in the first-year class, some students say they feel forced to act as...Courtesy of Tapyab WalkerStudents demonstrate at a Columbus Day protest last fall...
President Neil L. Rudenstine expressed concernlast September at the dearth of Black students inthe Class of 1996 and suggested that moreaggressive measures including merit-based,minority scholarships may be needed to boostmatriculation rates