Word: percents
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...very principle of ROTC programs. Once we realize that Harvard ROTC members aren't really being hurt by Harvard not having a program on campus, the issue looks like this: on one side, there's a 15-minute bus ride every once in a while for 3 percent of Harvard's students, which is apparently "inconvenient." On the other, there's an institution that openly and systematically discriminates against a minority which numbers at least 10 percent at Harvard. Throw in all the other problems of ROTC, and the present compromise looks very appealing...
...first glance, the new set of Harvard admissions figures released two weeks ago seem to give cause for most advocates of diversity to cheer. In a year when the number of applicants overall declined 11 percent, the proportion of minorites admitted jumped slightly (about 1.5 percent) to 32.3 percent. Meanwhile, two groups--Hispanics and Asian-Americans--reached all-time high representation within the admitted Class of 1993 at 6.9 and 15.3 percent respectively, although levels for Black and Native American students remained virtually unchanged at 9.6 and .5 percent each...
...Club, which is being investigated by the state on charges of gender discrimination, asked to be exempted from a plan to redraw the borders of the Harvard Square Overlay District and to reduce the floorto-area ratios of certain lots by nearly 60 percent...
Harvard owns approximately 6 percent of the public land served by the hospital, Walsh said. Bok told Russell he would consider the proposal, he said...
TSONGAS' referendum is a timely one, since more funding for state public education is desperately needed. Twenty percent of Boston's high school students find the educational experience so unsatisfying that they drop out. According to the latest round of national tests, those Massachusetts students who do stay in secondary school are steadily declining in math and science competence...