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...recent completion of his tenure as an “official critic of Harvard College,” Chopra said he believes Harvard has gone too far in protecting its image over doing what is right, citing the “market value” of a Harvard diploma...
...regimen leave little time for the consuming responsibility of raising a child, but sleep deprivation and unhealthy food and drinking habits—virtual cornerstones of college culture—aren’t well-suited for mothers. Besides, for many college women—who first seek a diploma, then a career, then a husband and finally a family—a child before graduation utterly ruins the master plan...
...hand, Meshekow is struggling with a new list of words. She cares less about boosting her 2.9 gpa than about learning to communicate with the Spanish speakers around her. Unlike most of her fellow retirees who already have degrees, Meshekow, a former secretary, is working toward her first college diploma. She says she's attended 15 different schools over the course of her life, but this is the first time she's set her sights on completing a program. "I hope to make it before I'm 90," Meshekow says, noting that her slow pace--two courses a semester--might...
...April 28, 1961, about 4,000 Harvard students participated in the “Diploma Riots,” protesting in the streets of Cambridge because President Nathan M. Pusey made English the official language on Harvard diplomas. Students were furious that they would be getting a “YMCA Certificate,” according to The Crimson. Pusey could not be persuaded, so the diplomas remained in English...
...tries to be a little bit different and distinguish itself from all of the other institutions in America by emphasizing its tradition. If Harvard unabashedly embraces this sense of its own history, then it should be reflected on one of the most important products of a Harvard education: a diploma. But if the University wishes to make the documents more “modern” by printing diplomas in English, it might as well update the abbreviation...