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Therefore, active and extensive recruitment programs are not necessarily promoted by this classification. Instead, as L. Fred Jewett '57, dean of admissions and financial aid, said earlier this week, the admissions office "feels the important criterion is whether natural applications are underrepresented. For example, in deciding if we spend more time in the Midwest or New England, in relative terms we spend more time in the Midwest, because we tend not to get so many applications from there...
Asian-Americans have not been underrepresented in the applicant pool over the years, he says. And while students now argue that there are pockets of underrepresentation, such as urban areas, Chinatowns and Little Tokyos, Jewett says he is willing to work with any groups of students which believes its members are significantly handicapped in receiving information about Harvard and applying to the College. And Jewett says it has only been in recent years the Asian-American students have expressed an interest in coordinating activities, like student travel and correspondence with his office...
...preference," L. Fred Jewett '57, dean of admissions and financial aid, said yesterday, "is that of the new director--probably to devote somewhat less to summer jobs and more to term-time jobs...
...Jewett noted a trend toward more students actually taking their jobs, "an indication of financial concern of students here." Or, as Bechtold said, "These are troublesome times for financial...
...Jewett added, however, that the office is not opposed to using a common form in principle and that it may participate in a joint program in the future...