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...recent New York Times op-ed on Harvard’s elimination of its Early Action program, Stanford provost John Etchemendy described the publicity surrounding the change of policy as “short on facts and clearheaded analysis.” Indeed, we will have to wait until May 2009—when the first affected class will have committed to their universities—before the first set of concrete evidence will bear on the wisdom of the change. Nevertheless, we remain confident that higher education stands to benefit from the end of early admissions programs. Both Early...
...alma mater. Gutmann, who was among the finalists to succeed Neil L. Rudenstine in the 2001 presidential search, told The Crimson early yesterday morning as she left her hotel that she was in town “fundraising for the University of Pennsylvania.” The former Princeton provost and political science professor brushed off questions about her interest in the Harvard presidency, saying only “I’m already on record with the Daily Pennsylvanian.” She told the student newspaper in March that “I love what...
...reason may be the tepid response from other rivals, now trickling out over the op-ed pages of national newspapers. Following Stanford Provost John Etchemendy's defiant stance in the New York Times last week, UPenn President Amy Gutmann took to the Washington Post on Sunday with a similar defense of early admissions. (The Daily Pennsylvanian notes the latter today...
...travel to Cuba unless the student is from a university that has applied for and received an academic exchange license from the U.S. Treasury Department. The arduous process of obtaining this license took 18 months, and permission lasts for only one year, according to Harvard’s vice provost for international affairs, Jorge I. Dominguez. The Cuban-born Dominguez wrote in an e-mail to the Crimson, “We will apply again for a license [next year] but have no certainty whether we will get it or by what time.” Even now that Harvard...
...online gambling website Bodog.com gives Etchemendy four-to-one odds for the job, better than every candidate except two Harvard insiders, Law School Dean Elena Kagan, at three to one, and University Provost Steven E. Hyman, at seven...