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...Richardson continues, he never goes to a school just to recruit minority students. "That's not our purpose. We haven't got time for that," he says...
...present, however, the number of minority students at Harvard--particularly those coming from disadvantaged backgrounds--remains relatively low (see table), and the question persists, how successful is Harvard in meeting the acknowledged need to recruit these students? While Robert F. Young '74, an admissions officer who coordinates the activities of undergraduate recruiters with the Admissions Office, says the low number of minority students at Harvard is not a reflection on the recruitment program, he adds, "The fact is, the minority applicant pool is not that deep. There just aren't enough talented minority students right...
...minority recruitment program may have a random quality because of this division of responsibilities among alumni and staff members. Brad Richardson, a Harvard admissions officer since 1969, says that of the roughly six weeks he spends on the road recruiting each year, he does some minority recruitment work "just about every day. For example, every school in Miami where I recruit has a certain number of blacks and Spanish-speaking people, so you're bound to run into some of those kinds of people there...
...places where Harvard does spend its time and money may reveal something about the priorities of the admissions program. Like Richardson, most staff members are on the road between six and eight weeks a year, both to recruit and to conduct interviews. While Jewett says he cannot be precise about the kind of effort that goes into minority recruitment, he does say he has a clear picture of other segments of the applicant pool...
While the elimination of freshman teams may make it harder for less talented freshmen to play, it may increase the Ivy League's ability to recruit high school stars, the administrators said...