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Summers’ vision for Harvard is not firmly focused on this one goal, even only on the College level. And that difference may explain the two schools’ diversity discrepancies. For example, in the last three years Amherst has promised away all debt for low-income students, a move that Parker says came at a high price...
...Harvard admissions office, according to Fitzsimmons, understands this just as much as anyone else. How else to explain the fact that 60 percent of applicants with perfect SAT scores are turned down? “The truth is, when you’re reading a real application, there are so many ways to demonstrate excellence,” Fitzsimmons says. “But the ability to demonstrate excellence is often shaped by socioeconomic background...
...effort to explain this disparity, she said her father is not against gay marriage, but has chosen to support civil unions as a more “realistic stance...
Some students attending the event said they were satisfied with Gephardt’s effort to explain the difference in their beliefs...
...fixing up recreational athletic facilities is not terribly heartening. Kirby has, however, insisted that he “desperately want[s] to renovate the MAC.” On the face of it, that seems quite reassuring. But, in fact, Kirby’s response doesn’t explain at all how improving the MAC stacks up against FAS’ non-athletic obligations...