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Fackler, Marton and Barton are among a select group of students who have transferred to Harvard or Radcliffe from other colleges. They and other transfer students are an elite within an elite--characterized by histories of superior academic achievement and a special determination to get what they consider the best education possible. Nonetheless, their personalities, backgrounds and interests are as diverse as those of four-year students...
Cordero does not really have to sell himself. His agent, Tony Matos, is considered about the best. Arriving at the barns every morning before 7 o'clock, he watches horses working out and talks to trainers, trying to select the best mounts. "I could have Angel riding four of the six horses in some races," he says. Matos usually makes his selections ten days in advance, though last-minute changes keep him busy. Last year Matos selected Cannonade as Cordero's Derby entry. Reflecting his symbiotic relationship with his client, Matos speaks as if jockey and agent were...
...well as according to federal law, for the actions of these individuals and must take the decision-making power away from those who have shown an unwillingness to meet Harvard's obligations to women and minorities. Instead of allowing the continued existence of search committees that are conditioned to select white men over minorities and women for non-tenured and tenured positions, the University should create search committees which contain significant numbers of both of these groups as well as students, for these are the people who are most committed to affirmative action. Glaring examples of the failure to hire...
...Project to Individualize Education (PIE). Students select their own courses and determine how often they will attend classes. (As in the other schools, counselors are available to help students make their choices.) Students also may schedule themselves into encounter groups and independent studies...
Rosovsky will select the faculty and student members in consultation with the individual chairmen...