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...Putting off concentration choice until the end of the first semester of students?? sophomore years...
...While Harvard’s undergraduate admissions officers familiarized themselves with many details about this year’s 2,109 admits during the application process, they may also keep track of those students?? lives long after the admissions cycle is over...
...adds that the communication is part of a broader effort to determine how admitted students fare. Fitzsimmons says the admissions office conducts “validity studies” to assess how well test scores and grades predict students?? success at Harvard...
...lacrosse team, despite its national ranking.All these factors conspire to keep Harvard athletes on roughly the same plane as the rest of us. They help to reduce the potential for athletes to develop a sense of entitlement that comes with celebrity status. In an odd way, Harvard students?? general apathy toward our sports teams helps to avoid situations like the one currently plaguing Duke.The Duke situation is further exacerbated by all manner of race, class, and geographical issues. Durham has a very hostile relationship toward the university. Durham, the North Carolina home to Duke, is a diverse town...
...power to accredit universities, but this provision was dropped, Pals said. State control over which colleges can award diplomas or receive federal financial aid for their students would have interfered with academic freedom, he said. Another measure modified in the final legislation would have forced colleges to accept students?? transfer credits, even if the courses taken did not reach colleges’ academic standards, Pals added. Last reauthorized in 1998, the Higher Education Act may be debated in the Senate as early as this month, according to the Chronicle of Higher Education. —Staff writer Lois...