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When Matina S. Horner took over the presidency of Radcliffe in 1972, students were beginning to wonder what would happen to the institution and its students. A year earlier Radcliffe had merged housing with Harvard and many feared Radcliffe would soon be absorbed completely. At the same time there was heightened activism over quotas on women admits-a majority of the Class of 1972 wore red armbands at Commencement to protest the quota...
...Horner to redefine the role of women at the new "Harvard-Radcliffe." She pushed for equalizing the ratio of men and women admittees; the percentage of women has risen from 20 percent of the student body to 40 percent today...
...Horner also ensured that Radcliffe would not die out. She cut what was called a "merger-non-merger" deal with Harvard, finalized in 1977. that let Radcliffe retain its endowment, fundraising and administrative autonomy while merging admissions. Horner fought to preserve Radcliffe in order to ensure that women had an advocate on campus...
...that Horner is leaving Harvard, it is clear what Radcliffe has become. Horner helped Radcliffe carve its own niche on campus--as a Women's Studies research center of national repute. As Radcliffe poured funds and effort into building up its research capabilities, it abdicated its role as a force for change on women issues at Harvard...
Radcliffe trustees should now recognize that it's not necessary--or wise--for Horner's successor to be the nominal president of a Harvard women's college. The massive institute for women's concerns which Radcliffe has become does require a new leader. Yet Radcliffe, the college, no longer exists in fact. It need not exist any longer in name...