Word: equally
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Fitzsimmons attributes the increase in number and diversity of the female applicant pool to the combined staff, Harvard alumni recruitment of qualified women, and the admissions committee's efforts to generate more publicity about equal access...
Mary Anne Schwalbe, former director of Radcliffe admissions and later associate dean of admissions and financial aid, adds another reason--greater opportunities for women. With accepted. Before the merger, the 2.5:1 ratio of men to women left only 450 places for women. With equal access, however, all 1600 places are available. Schwalbe, now director of admissions and college counseling at The Dalton School in New York, says that after equal access took effect, she found she had more "conviction" in recruiting. "It was easier to encourage women to apply because there were so many opportunities," she adds...
...successes the single admissions committee and the equal access policy have made since 1975 toward achieving a more balanced ratio prompted Arthurs to predict after the merger that "if there is any college that can achieve 50-50, Harvard can do it." Schwalbe recently went one step further, saying that "theoretically, women could outnumber men someday" at the college...
...Sullivan Committee monitors the employment practices of U.S. corporations in South Africa according to the Sullivan Principles, which set guidelines for equal facilities and fair employment practices...
...Joint Policy Committee," the document states, "composed of no more than eight persons with equal numbers from each institution, will continue to exist." And, the document continued, "the Joint Policy Committee will continue to meet periodically...