Word: environmental
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In the interests of a tolerant learning environment, Harvard tries to ensure the easiest possible transition from home to school and the maximum comfort of each individual student. Unfortunately, good intentions do not necessarily lead to positive results. By being responsible for the protection of each students personal beliefs, Harvard...
If this idea seems shocking to you, remember that self-segregation is not always taboo at Harvard. It often seems that minorities room with at least one roommate of the same ethnic background. It mitigates the shock of being thrown into a mostly white environment.
If a first-year learns that his or her roommate is gay and wishes to change rooms, the University complies, even if the two people in question have never even met, much less lived together. This policy was rightfully denounced by a recent Undergraduate Council resolution against homophobia as "creating...
Most can agree on the factors that have given rise to this industry. The number of college applicants is at an all-time high, creating a hypercompetitive environment at such top schools as Stanford--which accepted 2,700 applicants out of 18,000 last year--and pushing some once easygoing...
Bob and Sue Harvey spent nine years as resident fellows in a dorm at Stanford and lived to tell about it in their book Virtual Reality and the College Freshman. "The freshman student often faces an identity crisis during the first semester," they write. "Kids know who they are in...