Word: higher
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...cent of the enrollment in these courses is undergraduate. This percentage of participation has showed little discernible difference between the bright upperclassman and the beginning graduate student. A concentrator in the department for three years who is involved in writing an honors thesis may well be of higher caliber than the first-year GSAS student...
...Harvard Fund garners contributions from only a little more than 40 per cent of the alumni contacted each year, while Dartmouth achieves almost 80 per cent, Princeton 70 per cent, and even Yale receives a far higher percentage of givers than Harvard. Though the Harvard contributions are larger on the average than those of any other college, the relatively low percentage of givers should be a matter of concern for the administration...
...cent was hit on as a possible rate," Monro points out. "I don't doubt that it will change from year to year, and ought to change." Whatever changes are made, either for retaining a higher or lower standard rate, or for introducing a more flexible rate, should take into consideration the fact that some agencies have no use for the facilities offered, and therefore receive no benefits from their assessment...
...past years, the Admission Committee has accepted as many as 1800 candidates. The fact that a higher percentage of those accepted decide to come to Harvard reflects the growing pressure on students trying for college admittance...
Over at the H.A.A. that morning some voices were raised against embarking on a journey which appeared so unlikely to result in a baseball game. But the counsels of higher officials prevailed. Their argument apparently went roughly as follows...