Word: percent
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Obama’s supporters at the Law School also emphasized the racial significance of the milestone. Mack noted that Obama’s campaign was able to triumph in predominantly white states like Iowa (which is 96 percent white) and Montana (which is 0.5 percent black...
...lack of publicity, Harvard’s new financial aid initiative was showered with media attention. And for good reason: The program is a major step forward in eliminating socioeconomic barriers to attending college. The initiative—which limits annual tuition payments to no more than 10 percent of income for families making between $120,000 and $180,000 annually—allows families in that bracket to save several thousand dollars in tuition payments per term. Other aspects of the initiative demonstrate a sensitivity to college life for students receiving financial aid: The elimination of ongoing loans gives...
This commitment to socioeconomic diversity can also be seen in the laudable decision to eliminate the early action option for applicants. Despite fears that Harvard would lose competitive applicants to peer institutions, this year’s record low admit rate of 7.1 percent vindicates the Admissions Office and demonstrates that the institution’s goals of competitiveness and diversity are not mutually exclusive...
...numbers speak to the success of eliminating Early Action—a record 11 percent of students in the Class of 2012 are of African American descent, while 9.7 percent are Latino, 1.3 percent are Native American, and 18.5 percent are Asian-American. This is truly remarkable, given that this increased diversity does not come at the cost of quality of applicants. We hope that other colleges will follow Harvard’s example, considering how beneficial the elimination of early admissions policies is to high school students and universities alike...
...It’s fair to say that most museums display between three and five percent [of their holdings],” he said, “and we’ll certainly be doing much better than the current less than one percent that we’re doing right...