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...Professors Bobo and Morgan leaving was a substantial influence on my decision to leave Harvard,” Dawson said. “Professor Bobo was my closest research colleague at Harvard University and probably did as much as anyone to recruit me to Harvard in the first place. I left behind a couple of research teams at the University of Chicago in order to work with Professor Bobo and other members of the African American Studies department...
...result has been some aggressive new strategies to recruit families, even for kids in their late teens. Televised videos like the one Amber prepared are just one of those strategies. Wednesday's Child, a nonprofit organization that places teens in Oregon and Idaho, helps create videos, which air as a weekly feature on the local news and on a website. The technique worked for Jason, 18. Jeri and George Soulier of Weiser, Idaho, saw a profile of Jason on the Wednesday's Child website last summer and quickly arranged to meet him. They have since taken him into their home...
Some agencies use special events to recruit families. In Tampa, Fla., Hillsborough Kids Inc. whipped up a week of outdoor "camp" activities that matched waiting children with families who have had approved home studies--ultimately netting homes for 14 kids, ages 4 to 15. "Chemistry is important," says Alissa Moody, who assisted with the camp. "A couple thinking of a 5-year-old may switch to a 15-year...
...their student populations, the programs at these two-year schools are graduating more black and Latino students whose talents and preparation mean they don't necessarily need to rely on a quota system for admission into those schools. "It does make it easier for selective institutions like ours to recruit a greater diversity," says Peter Spear, provost at Madison. And that, in turn, is making it easier for community colleges to keep recruiting honors students...
Though it certainly has thus far—the West Islip, N.Y., native is Harvard’s second-leading scorer with 25 points—as a recruit, Pelle worried openly that he might need to defer his admission in order to add strength and speed, else he might struggle in the transition to the collegiate level...