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Even though the Radcliffe College Alumnae Association (RCAA) gave its "qualified support" to the proposed Harvard-Radcliffe merger on Tuesday, most alumnae still have reservations about the future of their alma mater...
RCAA President Jane E. Tewksbury '74 said that although the RCAA leadership met to discuss its official "alumnae" position on the merger, the fact that it has offered just "qualified" support for the change suggests that the jury is still out on the overall alumnae consensus...
Many alumnae said that Tuesday was the first time they were told official details of the merger. In the year since news broke of the negotiations for Radcliffe's future, alumnae have complained that they have been left out of the process--even while still being solicited for a $100 million capital campaign...
Details about the future of Radcliffe'sundergraduate programs have not yet been decided.Some alumnae have voiced fears that undergraduatewomen who made use of those programs--includingmentoring, externships and support forwomen-oriented students groups--will lose the mostfrom the merger...
According to Tewksbury, who is also one of themembers of the Board of Trustees responsible forapproving the recent merger, the change instructure won't affect the mission of RCAA. Thatmission, she said, is to support Radcliffe--in anyincarnation--by providing community and advocacyfor women, and by offering women a chance forlifelong learning...