Word: higher
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Radcliffe women have always had higher grade point averages than Harvard men. Last year, 80 per cent of women undergraduates were included on the Dean's List with 77 per cent of the male undergraduate population on the list...
...ministerial studies, and calls for strengthening in the teaching of the arts of ministry. In order to foster the growth of what he calls a "learned ministry," Stendahl makes several proposals, including a tightening of the core curriculum required for students preparing for the ministry, the promotion of a higher competence in quantitative skills, and the strengthening of ties between the Div School and established churches...
...increase in the exposure to quantitative skills given to students interested in the ministry. In this year's report, he says the representative function requires the theoretical and practical skills for institutional leadership, critique and planning. It is at that point that I see the need for a higher competence in quantitative skills and modes of thinking...
Others suggested that women perform better than men academically because they mature earlier and tend to opt for concentrations in the humanities which generally award higher grades than the traditionally male-dominated concentrations such as math and the sciences...
...many reasons, the Core proposal, as it will be presented to the Faculty, is unacceptable. The five subcommittees Dean Rosovsky appointed last year have created a plan that would adversely, if indirectly, affect America's higher education system. In considering this important step, both faculty and students should bear in mind the considerable weight Harvard carries in social and academic circles, and tread carefully. While the Gen Ed system certainly merits revamping, the current Core proposal is not the answer...