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Since forfeiting its role in admissions, Radcliffe's contribution to the education of college-age women has become a mere technicality--a signature on the diploma and little else. Without an undergraduate educational mission, the institution no longer qualifies as a college...

Author: By Charles T. Kurzman, | Title: Rejuvenating Radcliffe | 4/28/1986 | See Source »

After a little while--it seemed like forever--some doctor, probably only an intern, who didn't even have the decency to hang a comforting, prestigious diploma on the wall of his office, took me to the operating room, probably disinfected with Lysol, and sewed the detached attachments back on to my torso--probably with an old knitting needle and a piece of string he found on the floor...

Author: By Thomas A. Christenfeld, | Title: Walk-In Woes | 4/26/1986 | See Source »

James T. Hart entered the hallowed halls of the nation's top law school in 1978. But when he finally receives his diploma, he will be saying goodbye, not just to Harvard Law School, but to the stage set of the famed series The Paper Chase...

Author: By Stacie A. Lipp, | Title: Handing Out Diplomas at The Paper Chase | 4/19/1986 | See Source »

...United States, made absolutely free to all students. No one, no matter how poor, is intimidated from applying; nearly everyone even remotely qualified tries. Getting in certifies one's standing as the very best the country has to offer. Prestige has never been higher, diversity never greater, a Harvard diploma never more an indication of excellence: "they're so good, they get it free." A golden age of education--and it only costs one month's interest. The overall principle remains untouched and continues to grow...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Big Money Woes | 4/15/1986 | See Source »

Thanks to the new stipulation that students must undergo urinalysis before receiving a diploma (a rule adapted from Major League Baseball), 27 seniors from Leverett House will get to spend another semester here in Cambridge, desperately hoping those THC levels come back down to zero. Harvard graduates, just like overweight, overpaid baseball players, must remember they are the heroes of Young America and set a shining example...

Author: By Peter J. Howe, | Title: A Top of the Class Act? | 4/12/1986 | See Source »

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