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...required to enroll. When financial aid is a determining factor, an applicant should be able to wait to compare packages from all schools before committing to one. Colleges must seek the best applicants for their incoming classes and stop perpetuating the image of elite colleges as only for the socio-economically elite. Higher education has a long tradition of being reserved for those who can afford it, and convoluted admissions policies only validate this perception. Although Harvard does not have a binding early decision program, in ending early action, Harvard gives hope that other universities will follow suit and move...
...Olivier Roy writes that since 9/11, Muslims find themselves, their actions, and their motives being interpreted, characterized, and frequently skewed from non-Muslim perspectives. He's got a great point. One shouldn't doubt the concern and good intentions of progressives and secularists calling for Muslim women to resist socio-cultural coercion and shed the hijab and niqab as an impediment to full integration into European society. Still, those same opponents of the veil shouldn't presume they can dismiss as misguided or deluded the conviction of women who say they wear hijab by choice, and who argue that...
...educating future leaders, it needs to actively recruit Latinos, or Harvard itself is going to become marginalized,” Fitzsimmons said. Latinos comprise 9.8 percent of the Class of 2010, a record number. Fitzsimmons cited the “resegregation of America by ethnic background and socio-economic background” as a major obstacle to Harvard’s efforts to diversify. “We’re worried that there are kids out there who would be great at Harvard who are not going to make it out of high school,” Fitzsimmons said...
...from Harvard Law School, he has served the country in a presidential administration and fought for social justice across the country–from Coca-Cola’s boardroom to the halls of America’s courthouses. One of the great strengths of Harvard is its extensive socio-economic diversity; Deval Patrick’s range of experience and passion for representing people from dissimilar backgrounds makes him a rare candidate who can represent the diversity of both Massachusetts and the Harvard campus...
...caused those schools to develop substantial China-related activities, he added. According to Harvard School of Public Health Dean Barry R. Bloom, who sits on the HCF’s steering committee, the fund should support research across all schools that will seek to understand and influence the socio-economic development of China. Bloom added that the steering committee would serve in an advisory capacity. “Support for projects should be based on the best and most creative ideas of the faculty,” he wrote. “[The fund] should stimulate and foster a competition...