Word: hispanicization
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Simons actively solicited the grant in an attempt to rectify the Hispanic under-representation. "We found the MacArthur Foundation sympathetic and empathetic," he said.
"In 33 years of fellows there has been only one Hispanic," said Howard Simons, director of the Nieman Fellowship program. "We're trying to redress the imbalance."
Of a record 145 applicants for early admission, Barnard accepted 71 women, four of whom are Asian and one of whom is Hispanic.
Royer said last year's general pool of more than 2000 applicants included 500 Black women, while almost a quarter of the 500 students in last year's freshman class identified themselves as minorities. Of these, the largest percentage was Asian, the next largest was Black, and the smallest was...
"Harvard is very resilient," he said. "To theextent that this means Hispanic students will bemotivated to think about the environment here,that's a good thing. But I don't expect aknee-jerk" reaction against Harvard, Bok said.