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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...
When Horner and President Bok signed the 1977 "Merger-Non-Merger" agreement, they agreed that Radcliffe would "delegate to Harvard responsibility for instruction and for the day-to-day management of undergraduate affairs." Yet Radcliffe also continued as a separate corporation. Horner and the other Radcliffe administrators kept their titles and their salaries...