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...only tap 15 new members each year, charges of elitism are well-founded. However, the goal in choosing new members is to assemble a diverse group of students from different backgrounds of different races, and of both sexes. "Kind of the opposite of final clubs," says one Harvard freshman proctor who was a member of a secret society. The group of 15 is simply chosen--there is no "rush" or initiation process. They pay no dues or fees during their year as members; all funding comes from alumni of the societies...
...Scroll and Key, the other of the five societies, the experience is one of debating issues, instead of the audit. The point of the societies is not social but rather to get to know a group of people intensely and learn about yourself in the process. Though the proctor claims the societies can be considered elitist because of the incredibly small number of students who have the opportunity to be members, he claims the principle of the organization is possible anywhere...
What is more, computer software is usuallydesigned for profit-oriented corporations, notnon-profit educational institutions, which makesADAPT's work that much more difficult. Forexample, there is no software available that dealswith sponsored research, according to former VicePresident of Finance Allen J. Proctor...
According to Proctor, Harvard has haddifficulty providing the NIH with the informationit requires...
...first day on the job, I got a sanctionletter," says Proctor, who worked at Harvard from1994 through 1996. He says the NIH withdrew thesanctions six months later, after "intense"efforts from the University to improve itsreporting...