Word: ratios
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Hubble's Constant, named after the late astronomer Edwin P. Hubble, sets the ratio of the velocity of objects to their distance. Equations for determining the size, age and density of the universe depend critically on plugging in Hubble's Constant...
Casto, an Alabama native, says many men who join the FCA have belonged to the group in high school. That may be one reason why it has taken until this year for the male/female ratio to equalize. Fifty students signed up at registration this year, and members often bring teammates to meetings...
...Faculty did debate--somewhat--the effects of a one-to-one female ratio, which the administration had predicted as a possible outcome of the merger. Though no Faculty member explicitly opposed the merger--with the exception of what Ford calls a few "curmudgeonly old misogynists"--many professors worried that the push to balance the ratio could force a decrease in the number of male applicants accepted. Reducing the male student body spelled disaster to Pusey who declared at the February Faculty meeting: "Call this male chauvinist if you like. There are many people here who would be unhappy...
Mary Anne Schwalbe, former director of Radcliffe admissions and later associate dean of admissions and financial aid, adds another reason--greater opportunities for women. With accepted. Before the merger, the 2.5:1 ratio of men to women left only 450 places for women. With equal access, however, all 1600 places are available. Schwalbe, now director of admissions and college counseling at The Dalton School in New York, says that after equal access took effect, she found she had more "conviction" in recruiting. "It was easier to encourage women to apply because there were so many opportunities," she adds...
...successes the single admissions committee and the equal access policy have made since 1975 toward achieving a more balanced ratio prompted Arthurs to predict after the merger that "if there is any college that can achieve 50-50, Harvard can do it." Schwalbe recently went one step further, saying that "theoretically, women could outnumber men someday" at the college...