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...going to go,” she said. Though recognizing a need to address the achievement gap during his presentation, Fowler-Finn lauded the graduation rate data—which shows that African-American students for the first time graduated at a higher rate than white students??as evidence of progress in this area. Cambridge Mayor E. Denise Simmons proposed a school committee meeting on data and how to use it for April 9. “Given that all three speakers tonight mentioned this question of data,” said committee member Patricia M. Nolan...
...that HLS Dean Elena Kagan pursues other changes to bolster HLS’s public interest program. Students should be encouraged to enter the field not simply to alleviate the burdens of tuition, but also because the quality of teaching, scholarship, and public interest programs at HLS genuinely motivate students?? career choices. In that vein, Kagan has already made strides with her recent hires, from Cass R. Sunstein ’75 to Noah Feldman ’92 to Jeannie Suk, all of whom have made significant contributions to scholarship that affects public interest and public sector...
...enrolled students. While eligible individuals will still be on the hook for $24,500 of the school’s tuition in the form of loans, the initiative represents an admirable step toward ensuring that cost need not dissuade talented students from pursuing careers in medicine, regardless of those students?? means or background. The decision to expand aid was largely motivated by hopes that reducing indebtedness might lessen the burden on recent graduates to select “more lucrative specialties”—such as plastic surgery—after graduation. The medical school sees...
...student would get into a school and not be able to pay for it,” he said. “Harvard has been very aggressive with its financial aid plan, and we certainly applaud that.” Franek added that he thought the difference between students?? and parents’ preferences might be explained by the fact that students gravitated toward more urban environments, while parents found such areas less appealing. Top administrators declined to speculate on the results of the survey. Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid William R. Fitzsimmons...
...Seven Deep Springs transfers currently count themselves as members of the undergraduate student body. While the admissions office does not keep tallies of transfer students?? schools of origin, the number does not appear to be an aberration. Figures cited in The Crimson in 2000 counted eight Deep Springs émigrés in the classes...