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...long-term solution to the problem is enticing more minorities to enter academia. In the last few months Harvard has launched programs to attract minorities to the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS), both at Harvard and across the country...
Harvard's efforts to attract minorities will focus on "getting the news out," Vendler says. The main efforts toward Harvard undergraduates will include informational meetings at the DuBois Institute for Afro-American Research and within concentrations. GSAS sends a brochure to prospective students, and the school encourages students who have not taken the traditional educational route to explore the possibility of graduate school...
...Black academic and alumnus of both the College and GSAS, I can certainly sympathize with the concerns of the Harvard Minority Student Alliance as expressed in the front page article of April 11. Unfortunately, the students are bound to remain frustrated for at least three reasons...
...have a rather unique situation here at Harvard," says John B. Fox, administrative dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS). Tuition breaks for the 2400 graduate students do not depend on how much teaching they do. Instead, individual departments require some 1000 graduate students to teach a certain number of "fifths," one section per semester, to fulfill degree requirements...
...meaningful, freedom of speech must protect dissent, even when those in power perceive it as irresponsible or unreasonable. Mr. Larew rightly calls attention to the racial inequality still imbedded in our society, but his prescription of thought control must be rejected as dangerous and counterproductive. Alan D. Viard, GSAS...