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...Times suggested that Ben-Eze had not yet attained the minimum score on the Academic Index, the formula used to determine a high-school athlete’s Ivy League eligibility...
...taken seriously, for Harvard is first and foremost an academic institution, not part of an athletic farm system. Sacrificing the reputation of the school to boost the reputation of the basketball sends the wrong message: Harvard is right to be proud of its team’s academic index, which is currently higher than all other Ivy League schools. That being said, while the very appearance of lower standards is damaging to Harvard’s reputation, the specific allegations do not seem to demonstrate significantly compromised academic standards in recruits. First, as Harvard’s spokesmen have emphasized...
...where she's often watched the iconic ball descend to herald each New Year, "it's amazing to think something would happen here." As uniformed military personnel ducked in and out of the recruiting office, the poster of Uncle Sam maintained his familiar pose - eyes fixed on prospective recruits, index finger outstretched, issuing his trademark beckoning call: "I Want You." But to Damian Brown, 31, peering at the scene from across the street, the blast conveyed the opposite message. "Time to bring those boys home," he says quietly...
...college students who are watching what they eat go from healthy to unhealthy?THE HARVARD GUIDE TO FOODThe latest trend in university dining halls is to make the nutritional information of every dish more accessible. For the past 10 years, Harvard University Dining Services (HUDS) has placed individual index cards next to each dish detailing food figures such as grams of fat, serving size, and most prominently, number of calories.“HUDS has always been motivated by one thing: how best to serve our students,” says Adams House dining hall manager David A. Seley...
...this is a good thing.None of this, however, means that Harvard is planning to slip below the lofty codified “standards” for admitting basketball players. It can’t. The Ivy League has a strict system based on a formula known as the Academic Index to govern the admission of athletes. An individual’s AI score is computed on a 240-point scale, with 80 points apiece based on SAT I scores, SAT II scores, and class rank, the most malleable of the categories. The guidelines of the Academic Index mandate that...