Word: need-blind
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Dates: during 1985-1985
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According to Rosen, Harvard's previous halftime promos had been 30-second pieces featuring someone standing on the Widener library steps reading from a script about Harvard's need-blind admissions policy...
Jewett said that in his 13 years as dean of admissions, he was proud that his office had been able to maintain need-blind admissions, and that accessibility to the College had been guaranteed to people of both sexes and all socio-economic backgrounds...
Ever since, Jewett has been synonymous with Harvard admissions. His tenure at the admissions office also saw the continued maintenance of need-blind admissions (in which students are accepted no matter their financial status), he also led the admissions office through what he called the "integration and merger of Harvard and Radcliffe...
...this way, the government endangered private as well as public funding for universities and colleges, according to University officials. One of the 10 remaining schools with need-blind admissions, Harvard needs both sources of money, says Shattuck...
...League in particular, the cuts make it more difficult to maintain need-blind admission and to meet the full financial needs of its students once admitted. The Ivy League colleges have a commitment to provide education to the most talented students, not only to those who are both wealthy and talented. These colleges must maintain the integrity of that commitment...