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The confrontation comes at a time when these institutions are enjoying renewed popularity. The proportion of blacks going to college across the U.S. has declined, but public black colleges saw their enrollment climb 13.2% from 1986 to 1989. The institutions also award nearly one-third of all undergraduate degrees granted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Are Black Colleges Worth Saving? | 11/11/1991 | See Source »

Berry said a recent study by the National Association of College and Universities shows Harvard spends a higher proportion of its budget on wages than any other university in the country.

Author: By Michele F. Forman, | Title: Dining Workers Cite Complaints | 10/31/1991 | See Source »

But his teammates were just as immature. After Greg Harris choked away a crucial September game, walking home the tying and winning runs on eight straight pitches, he had the gall to blame umpire Vic Voltaggio for "squeezing the strike zone." After Jack Clark, another multi-million dollar bust, struck...

Author: By Michael R. Grunwald, | Title: Playing the Blame Game | 10/23/1991 | See Source »

Even after listening to all the anguished testimony, who could ever feel confident that they knew what really happened? Which one was a liar of epic proportion? This was not a forum that lent itself to justice or even a fearless search for truth. The U.S. Senate is a stage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An Ugly Circus: Clarence Thomas, Anita Hill and the U.S. Senate | 10/21/1991 | See Source »

The Government Department is often held as an earlier example of a Harvard faculty that has hired from a larger pool. Currently, slightly less than than 50 percent of Government's senior scholars received their doctorates at Harvard. Despite this high proportion, Chair Robert O. Keohane says the Harvard Ph.D...

Author: By Julian E. Barnes, | Title: Looking Beyond the Veritas Diploma | 9/30/1991 | See Source »

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