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...There will be no fundamental break with existing practices," Jewett said yesterday. In particular, he said he expects to continue Peterson's policies of special recruitment for minority students and of increased financial aid in the form of loans and employment assistance...
...appointment of Jewett, who has been on the Admissions staff here for seven years, is likely to signal a continuance of the policies that have marked Harvard Admissions under Peterson's leadership over the past five years...
...addition, Jewett said he hopes to initiate greater contact and cooperation with the Radcliffe Admissions Committee, by sharing Harvard's traveling staff, alumni interviewers and recruiters. "We must take into account the increasing role of women in the University," he said...
...issue of equal admissions for women versus the current 2.5-to-1 ratio of men to women, Jewett said he dislikes both. "Personally, I'm not comfortable with artificial ratios not based on the facts of the situation," he said...
...Jewett said he expects that Harvard and Radcliffe Admissions will be consolidated into one committee, although he declined to speculate when this would take place. "I think eventually there will be enough shared activities, common interests and aspirations," he said, "that combining the two groups will be the best and easiest way of doing things...