Word: mergers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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When Harvard took over Radcliffe's academic responsibilities back in World War II, it was a simple decision--it was the only financially pragmatic one. But in 1969, the situation was different. Radcliffe was foundering financially and--insult to injury--was calling for total merger, the logical conclusion to a relationship which had been growing increasingly closer and which had been presumed at the inception of Radcliffe. This time around, Harvard could not see that it had much to gain financially--despite the changes in values and career opportunities that women are now experiencing Harvard administrators are quick to point...
Those of you who will live three people to a double will understand all too well how merger affects everyone physically, not to mention politically and spiritually. Doubts about the capabilities of women undergraduates aside, it is becoming increasingly apparent to Harvard administrators that the College cannot tolerate much more expansion...
...merger merger" pact--as the 1971 agreement came to be known--runs out at the end of this year, when a new agreement must be negotiated. In many ways, Harvard and Radcliffe seem as close to merger as they will ever be. On the other hand, Matina Horner, Radcliffe's current president, has been an enthusiastic proponent of the non-merger merger concept, and Bok has often been influenced by the conservative views of Harvard alumni...
Right now the issue is in the hands of the Strauch Committee, a group of faculty, administrators, students and alumni chosen by Bok and Horner to consider the Harvard-Radcliffe relationship and make recommendations. One thing is fairly certain: Radcliffe will not agree to a merger that guarantees anything less than sex-blind admissions. To do otherwise would be to betray Radcliffe...
...will undoubtedly have to decide for yourself what Radcliffe "means," particularly because the 1971 non-merger-merger contract will be reviewed during your freshman year. When people ask you where you go to college, will you say Harvard, or Radcliffe? Some women, even those who are not militantly anti-merger, claim Radcliffe as their school simply because the feeling of being an outsider is inescapable and supercedes the fact that Radcliffe only admits you while Harvard will teach you and give you a degree...