Word: mergers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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This means that two changes will have to occur before the merger is complete: an increase in the number of women which Radcliffe now admits, coupled with a cutback in male enrollment to level off the uneven ratio...
...merger agreement would have to address all these inequalities, and administrators who acknowledge the difficulties claim that a solution is nevertheless within their grasp. At this time however, it seems clear that merger talks, once scheduled to end by September 1970, are destined to drag on for months to come...
...women at Harvard and of Harvard in this sexist society is not merely extrapolation from disconnected experiences. It is consciously taught to us by our "teachers," our predecessors. This year the idea of female inferiority was more clearly articulated than ever before, chiefly because of the issues of merger of Harvard and Radcliffe and equal enrollment of women and men. President Pusey said that we could not have equal enrollment because of our duty to the nation to provide leaders. Last Fall, Dean Watson told me that I was so enthusiastic about merger because I didn't realize how much...
...report opposed merger because it would inevitably lead to a change in the male-female ratio...
...particular concerns we feel is that... the act of merger would stimulate the forces of change, and that, although at present there is no illegality in controlling such a ratio, it would be increasingly difficult to do so. The 4 to 1 ratio in admission of men and women has drawn little comment in the past because it represented essentially the housing capacity of the separate institutions...