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...final choice for a new SEO director will probably be made the week of April 20, L. Fred Jewett "57, director of Admissions and Financial aid, said yesterday. Jewett, who would not say whether Harwell was the prime candidate, will choose the new director...
...Jewett declined to name other candidates but said that Harwell is the only Person currently working at Harvard who is now being considered for the SEO directorship...
President Bok and Dean Rosovsky, who last week said they were so "gravely concerned" about the problem that they wanted a careful review of recruitment methods at the College and the GSAS, should also do more thinking and less committee forming. Harvard Dean of Admissions L. Fred Jewett, '57, the man they tapped to study the problem at the College level, can do little except replace the negligent alumni recruiters with new ones who are more committed to recruitment...
Andrew F. Brimmer, chairman of the DuBois Advisory Board and Ford Visiting Professor of Economics, has even less power to do anything about the problem than Jewett. It is apparent that the only reason Bok and Rosovsky sanctioned him and members of the DuBois Advisory Board to aid McY inney in developing more effective recruitment methods was because, in the words of one committee member, they were "the only critical mass" of blacks in the University. The board can do little more that sit there and say to prospective applicants that Harvard does have a few people who care...
Furthermore, the call on Bummer and the call on Jewett are an attempt to suppress the entire problem of why blacks and other minority groups does not apply to Harvard the problem is complex and committees will not find the answers. But some harsh words from Harvard stop two administrators that would place the blame should be--with alumni recruiters and department chairmen--may be a start...