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Before a packed Memorial Church, President Bok and Radcliffe President Matina S. Horner yesterday urged the Class of '88 to balance careers with social service...
...Horner described a world recently changed byadvanced technology and the new role of women,"propelling us into an age of interdependence, anage for which we are not fully prepared." She saidtechnology has made society more international andthe two-income household has created economicinterdependence between men and women...
...most important, yet subtle, difference affecting Harvard women is the continued existence of Radcliffe. Its administrators have long been figure-heads Harvard puts on the podium, but leaves behind as the real governance decisions are made. As Radcliffe President Matina S. Horner said earlier this year, what Harvard does "has nothing to do with what Radcliffe's doing." That's the problem...
...Horner leaves next year, her institution faces a key opportunity. Why search for a replacement, when Horner's biggest accomplishment was striking the merger agreement that rendered Radcliffe obsolete...
That is why Horner's resignation should be welcomed. It opens up the possibility that a vigorous new president will be chosen who oppose *** mination in the Harvard community. Radcliffe needs forceful leadership, and it needs a board commited to women's rights. There shouldn't be any final club members on the Radcliffe College Board. And the trustees should be chosen, not on the basis of who has the most MBA s or sits on the most corporations, but who is most commited to opening doors for women...