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...Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis' refusal to even consider the proposal to add his signature to female undergraduates' diplomas be seen as anything but basic antipathy to recognizing the contributions, achievement and participation of women enrolled in Harvard College? In a four-sentence statement about his decision Dean Lewis implied that it would be a waste of his time "to go through the many layers of approvals needed" in order to "effect the modest alteration of adding a signature to women's diplomas." In contrast, on the day of his diploma veto, Dean Lewis promised to advocate...
However, on March 30, Dean Lewis vetoed the council's proposal, despite the fact that he had originally expressed his approval for diploma reform. The main differences between the bill that passed and its original version were: one, the new bill included language recognizing the importance of Radcliffe; and, two, instead of leaving the actual diploma change up to the administration, it proposed making the specific change of adding Dean Lewis' signature to female undergraduate diplomas. His decision raises questions about why he would support one bill and not the other...
...Lewis did sign the Latin Diploma Bill, which would reinstate Latin as the official language of the diplomas if approved by the Committee on Undergraduate Education...
...effort to understand Lewis' refusal tosign a bill that does not initiate radicalchanges, Stewart said a larger debate lies behindthe attempts at diploma reform...
Alice says she has a high school diploma, but declares that she has no skills and cannot find any sort...