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...took exactly eight years between when letter grades were [first] used at Harvard and the first time the Faculty bemoaned that the standards had slipped,” Lewis says. “Every decade between the 1890s and the current decade, I have found reports of the Faculty or the president in which one or the other has said, either that it is a terrible thing that grades were rising or that it was wonderful thing that grades were rising because it proved that the students were getting smarter...

Author: By Robin M. Peguero, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 'A's Still Abound 4.0 Years Later | 6/9/2005 | See Source »

William A. Strauss ’69, an alumni who signed the letter, dismisses the assertion that Harvard is cutting costs by managing its endowment internally...

Author: By Nicholas M. Ciarelli and Alexander H. Greeley, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Finding the Path to Growth | 6/8/2005 | See Source »

Then-Dean of the Faculty Henry A. Rosovsky censured Kilson after the sexual harassment complaint came to light, asking him to write an apology letter to York. Kilson took a sick leave from the College during the spring term...

Author: By Bari M. Schwartz, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Professor Scolded for Harrassment | 6/8/2005 | See Source »

...wish to lose this momentum,” Kirby wrote in a Sept. 20, 2004 letter to the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS). “My goal is to have a set of formal proposals that can be presented to the Faculty by the end of the academic year...

Author: By Allison A. Frost and Evan H. Jacobs, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Progress, But No Votes, For Review | 6/8/2005 | See Source »

Last month, Power and Prendergast, who is now a special adviser to the president of the ICG, sent a letter urging the presidents of the 100 wealthiest U.S. universities to cleanse their endowment portfolios of Sudan-related stocks...

Author: By Daniel J. Hemel, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: University Divests From PetroChina | 6/8/2005 | See Source »

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