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...responses comprise the Harvard College Senior Survey, an annual survey administered to graduating seniors. Students were asked to rate on a five-point scale various components of their undergraduate experiences??ranging from their academic experiences to their post-graduate plans. In total, 1,524 of 1,641 graduating seniors participated in the survey last year...
You’ve seen the recruitment brochures, you recognize the scene—a mix of black students and white students chatting happily across a table, all smiles, sharing ideas and experiences??really learning from each other. And so the spiel goes: “One of Harvard’s greatest strengths is its diversity.” Diversity of political leanings, race, interests, life experiences??you name it, we’ve got it. But for the most part, all the pretty pieces of our colorful puzzle keep more or less to themselves...
...order. The drastic increase in student interest seen over the past few years must be matched by an equally drastic financial commitment to support these endeavors. This year’s shortfall should not overshadow the improvements that have already been made in funding (and publicity) for international experiences??more Harvard students will have educational experiences abroad this summer than during any previous summer. It is exciting to see the students’ enthusiastic response to Summers’ call for more widespread participation in research and study abroad, as evidenced by a 20-percent increase in applications...
...daily basis suggests that perhaps randomization was not the wisest method of achieving these goals. In fact, it may have even been counterproductive. In many cases, once students enter the Houses—rather than happily intermingling with everyone in the house, sharing insights on cultural and extracurricular experiences??they are likely to be content with socializing within the tiny insular unit of their blocking group. And if anyone does bother to venture outside that special group of eight or less, it’s probably to another House to visit the other people they wanted to live...
...reasons I joined the Peace Corps was sort of to get myself ‘experiences?? so I could be a writer. But I didn’t count on joining the Peace Corps and having a complete nervous breakdown,” he says...