Word: mergers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...those actions pale before Horner's negotiation of the "non-merger merger" agreement in 1977 that united the housing and admissions policy of Harvard and Radcliffe. Horner herself believes that this agreement is her first and foremost achievement. "Our success in having an equal access admissions policy has really changed the nature and quality of education here," she said, adding those reforms have made "coeducation really viable...
Radcliffe independently fundraises, researches and harbors nostalgia about yesterday. Harvard already does all of these things--the merger of the two institutions should have resulted in the merger of these functions...
Representing the first, albeit timid, step toward the merger of Harvard and Radcliffe, the Class of '63 was followed by the establishment of coed living in 1971 and merged admissions in 1977. But while the College has moved toward integration of the sexes, it has retained subtle divisions. And today the female students of Harvard are still plagued by that anachronistic separation--that feeling of being admitted on an equal basis with their male counterparts, but not entirely...
...merger agreement should have put female undergraduates on an equal footing with their male counter parts. Instead, the very existence of Radcliffe continues to impede that equality. For students of the 1980s, Radcliffe seems a mere vestige of the days of forced eclusion and blatant gender discrimination. Discrimination is illegal, Harvard accepts women, and female students don't need constant reminders that they weren't always treated as fairly...
...Horner leaves next year, her institution faces a key opportunity. Why search for a replacement, when Horner's biggest accomplishment was striking the merger agreement that rendered Radcliffe obsolete...