Word: fewness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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And those few in the faculty who oppose the Core have many allies in the world of education.
No, most didn't hear. Most didn't care. Many left Harvard for far-off states and commitments, no longer concerned with a diverse faculty or a student say in University policy. Others sank into harried East Coast jobs, working at the office well past nine at night, shielded by...
An elderly alumus once asked me the percentage of women students. When I told him it was less than 40 percent, he said, "That is a disproportionate share." Of course, I thought, we've grown up thinking women can achieve the same as men and it would make sense if...
How few, it seems, are the students who intellectually challenge themselves on a consistent basis. The three "R's" have been replaced by two new ones: resume and relaxation. Harvard students are more interested in running for class marshal than in protesting for democracy, as their colleagues in China have...
But somehow, some people stumble out of Harvard with an education without peer. This must be attributed to those individuals among the student body and the faculty who are willing to take on the senseless obstacles Harvard places before them. As this University grows older, will a Harvard education mean...