Word: supporter
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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During a recent visit to China, Krenz led an East German delegation that expressed support for the way Chinese leaders handled pro-democracy protests in June. The protests were crushed when Chinese soldiers moved in with tanks and guns, and hundreds of people were killed...
MANY Radcliffe alumnae and administrators would like the college to reverse this trend away from undergraduates. Although Harvard is co-educational, these people believe there are still ways that Radcliffe can act as a support group for undergraduate women...
...exists now, Radcliffe has few resources to support women in male-dominated concentrations such as physics, chemistry and economics. Would expanding Radcliffe's role for undergraduates be worth the corresponding sacrifice in successful graduate programs...
...that almost all Radcliffe departments have trouble making undergraduates aware of their existence. Students who do take advantage of their programs get a lot out of them. Since many Radcliffe programs are smaller than their Harvard counter-parts, students have a much better chance of getting personal attention and support. I had a terrific experience as an intern this summer, but the number of students actually involved in Radcliffe's programs is relatively small...
...graduate emphasis for Radcliffe does not mean that the college must halt its support for female students. Research and graduate programs themselves provide valuable resources for all women students. Today, women academics need support on the graduate and post-graduate level, much in the same way they used to need support at undergraduate institutions...