Word: extracurricular
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...college-size, 2,000-to-4,000-student behemoths often found these days in major cities and their suburbs. Smaller schools not only allow students and teachers to know one another better; they also have less crowding and competition for membership in bands, student councils, sports teams and other extracurricular activities through which students express and define themselves...
...school." Studies show that students make better grades in smaller schools. They are less likely to be involved in fights or gangs because they know someone is always watching. They are less embarrassed to discuss problems with teachers. They have better attendance, lower dropout rates and more participation in extracurricular activities. "It doesn't matter what category you measure," says Kathleen Cotton, a researcher at the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory in Portland, Ore. "Things are better in smaller environments. Shy kids, poor kids, the average athletes--they all are made to feel like they...
...which I am growing as a student here at Harvard besides through my academic performance, reminding me that my academic performance does not define who I am. In the future, I hope that it does not require a physical visit for me to step back from academic and extracurricular responsibilities to think of and be thankful...
...forge social lives on our own, given that we are suddenly being thrust out of an environment where social life has come so easily. Complaining about Harvard's social scene has been a favorite pastime of ours for four years, but now as we leave this web of extracurricular organizations, blocking groups, Core sections and House life, don't blame us if we get a bit nostalgic for this prefabricated network of friends and social opportunities. When we envision ourselves in a new city, in a new apartment building, disconnected from the fellowship of Quincy House or Kuumba, we fear...
Associate Director of Financial Aid David P. Illingworth '71 will become the new Associate Dean of Harvard College this July, assuming the "overall responsibility for student extracurricular affairs and other aspects of student life," Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis '68 announced this week...