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...Early Action program, Stanford provost John Etchemendy described the publicity surrounding the change of policy as “short on facts and clearheaded analysis.” Indeed, we will have to wait until May 2009—when the first affected class will have committed to their universities??before the first set of concrete evidence will bear on the wisdom of the change. Nevertheless, we remain confident that higher education stands to benefit from the end of early admissions programs. Both Early Action (EA) and Early Decision (ED) programs create a perception, if not a reality...
...over the years, save the addition of three overseers to the search committee in 1990.The process is as unique as it is enduring. According to Judith Block McLaughlin, a senior lecturer on education at Harvard’s Graduate School of Education and an expert on presidential transitions, most universities?? governing boards assemble search committees that bring together faculty, trustees, and sometimes, students.“I think there’s no question that [at Harvard] it’s not as inclusive as other search processes,” she says. Over the years, students...
Counter says that many universities??including some of the ones the Gomes committee initially consulted—have sent representatives to study the model of the Foundation...
...Halberstam, who is also a former Crimson managing editor. “He did exceptionally well in everything he tried,” Halberstam said, explaining that his friend went “from the son of a school teacher in New Hampshire to the president of two great universities??—Dartmouth and the University of Iowa. As president, Freedman wanted to “make sure that there was a sense of openness on campus, and that nobody would feel marginalized for who they were or what they believed,” said Dartmouth College...
...room in Greenough, less than two blocks away from his other local alma mater. “There’s really a bit of everything there which is nice.”Nestled in Harvard’s shadows, CRLS annually sends several graduates to Ivy League universities??10 students matriculated at the College last fall—and has a reputation for keeping pace with the educational cutting-edge. But test scores still lag behind neighboring communities, and the school will lose its second principal in five years this spring. The school’s fa?...