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According to R. Bruce Slater, managing editor of the JBHE, Harvard’s yield numbers aren’t surprising given the high demand for top black students...
...There are only so many black students who score very high on their SATs, and all the top schools want the students with the highest scores, said Slater. “With the pressure to increase diversity, there is intense competition...
...result, according to Slater, all schools face difficulty increasing black yield, but Stanford’s efforts have been buoyed by the sharp decline in blacks applying to the University of California...
...Board of Regents’ 1995 ban on affirmative action “gave a message to black students that maybe they weren’t as welcome there,” Slater said...
...roost—he thinks he has witnessed his wife stealing a kiss backstage at her debut singing Verdi as an amateur soprano—and his visions of her infidelity envelop him as the movie progresses. These fantasies are spurred by David’s ethereal companion, Slater (Denis Leary), his most difficult patient, who follows him home in spirit to tap his repressed emotions. Through accomplished acting and exacting direction, the cast manages to achieve wonders with a somewhat limited script, presenting a look as if through a keyhole at the crossroads of a contemporary relationship...