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...Early Action program. Although the admissions office has only made a preliminary assessment of the applicant pool, this fall’s cohort appears to hold much in common with last year’s group in its ethnic, socioeconomic, and geographic composition. Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid William R. Fitzsimmons ’67 said he was pleased that the number of candidates has held relatively steady since the College changed its early admission policy in 2003. “Now that we’ve had three years to look at it, it appears that we?...
...Radcliffe Yard’s Byerly Hall, annually surveys its accepted students, whether or not they decide to come. Certain perceptions turn up every year. “It’s all the things that you would guess,” says Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid William R. Fitzsimmons ’67. “For example, acceptability of professors...” Fitzsimmons stops himself, taking a more general tack. “Take a stereotype, whatever it is, you’re gonna see it,” he says...
Responding to a report in The Crimson last week, some of Harvard’s most influential professors are circulating a statement chastising University President Lawrence H. Summers for “backbiting” when he allegedly discussed his intention to fire Dean of the Faculty William C. Kirby with professors and members of the Harvard Corporation in secret last winter...
...appalled that sources described as "a professor close to the central administration and an individual in regular contact with members of the Corporation" (the Harvard Crimson article "Summers Planned to Fire Kirby, Sources Say" (10/11/05)) have spread rumors about President Summer's intention to fire the Dean of FAS, William Kirby, in December 2004, and about his subsequent inability to do so during the crisis around his presidency. We think it is highly improper if, as reported, the President of Harvard has been expressing to members of the faculty his “deep dissatisfaction” with the Dean...
...Massachusetts, where Republicans represent a mere 13% of registered voters, Governor William Weld scored the biggest G.O.P. performance in a Governor's race -- 71% of the vote -- with a blend of fiscal conservatism and libertarian positions on abortion and gay rights. In short: keep government out of our pocketbooks and our bedrooms. "On social issues," says Republican consultant Roger Stone, "he is where the country and the majority of Republicans...