Word: institutionalize
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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AS a senior soon to be a "graduate" and "alumna" of this venerable institution, I have recently been over-whelmed by the pomp and circumstance surrounding a Harvard graduation; picnics, lobster clambakes, dances, house ceremonies, yard ceremonies, church ceremonies, etc. After surviving four years of hard work, seniors do deserve...
I question the fairness of a system which sponsors an "elitist" graduation ceremony for its students. Is Harvard trying to uphold its image of being an exclusive institution? I may sound idealistic, but after paying more than $70,000 to attend the university that has the nation's biggest endowment...
If Harvard is truly the diverse atmosphere it claims to be, then it is definitely interested in preserving some of this culture. It should also want to respect the lifestyle and divergent needs of its Black newcomers. An institution that once so vehemently denied the admission of many Blacks should...
"It [Harvard] is such an intimidating institution," Kevin says. "We're from a small town, and we did well there. You come here and you're another fish in the sea."
As a young biology professor in 1960, Donald Kennedy left a tenured job at Syracuse University for an untenured one at Stanford. "A lot of people thought I was crazy," he recalls. But at the hot, fast-evolving Palo Alto institution, he explains, "you got the sense that anything was...