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Reeves says that the civil service selectionprocess and lifetime tenure for school teachersare a "hurdle" to minority representation. "Itprefers those traditionally involved in thesystem. It is a major barrier. And it's notproducing particularly great candidates," he says...
...instance, the selection of Lowell in 1909represented a departure from theelective-oriented, laissez-faire educationchampioned by the previous president, Charles W.Eliot (Class of 1853). Although the popular Eliothad garnered almost universal acclaim for thesystem he had installed during his 40-year tenure,Lowell did not hesitate to implement drasticreforms...
Harvard was first formally notified of thevirus on Thursday, when they received a warningfrom the National Science Foundation, which has asimilar computer system, said Harvard News OfficeDirector Peter Costa. Programmers have beenworking "file by file" to purge the virus from thesystem, which is now "almost 100 percentdisinfected," he said...