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Studies, conducted at Harvard and elsewhere, have shown that certain minority groups such as Blacks and Hispanics have performed up to 100 points lower on standardized tests...
Willie maintains that the SAT and other aptitude tests are designed explicitly to measure the first-year performance of students in college or graduate school. But he said Blacks tend to "perform at a different temporal rate" than whites and while their first-year achievements may be lower, by the last year they may out-perform other students...
Many say that the tests are useful, as long as they are just one factor in the admissions process. Admissions committees are aware of cultural and background differences that may lead to lower scores for certain minority groups, according to Dean K. Whitla, director Harvard office of Research and Evaluation...
Dozens of students, friends and associates gathered yesterday evening in the Adams House lower common room to remember Benjamin E. Teel, the house's assistant senior tutor who died July...
Moreover, many non-English speaking students have not been receiving the bilingual education to which they are entitled. Classes have been overcrowded and the instruction has often been of lower quality than that in mainstream courses, experts say. Consequently, the drop-out rate for non-English speaking students, primarily Hispanics, has remained high...