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Harvard lawyers will determine whether the prize's criteria comply with Title IX of the 1972 educational amendments to the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which bars educational institutions who receive federal aid from discriminating on the basis of gender in any of their educational programs...
...emphasized that the Fay prize comes under the jurisdiction of Title IX because it is classified as a prize, not an undergraduate financial aid award...
...example, Jones said, he wants the center to take on major ongoing issues like global warming, trigger locks on handguns and aid to Africa...
Like a Band-Aid being slowly, painfully pulled from a hair-covered forearm, tobacco companies in the past few years have faced a steady succession of product liability cases. Now a federal judge wants to pull the whole Band-Aid off in one swift tug. District Judge Jack B. Weinstein has ordered plaintiffs' lawyers and tobacco companies to discuss a single settlement to end all tobacco litigation in the nation, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. The so-called "tobacco wars" have been a piecemeal affair so far, with many different types of plaintiffs dealing with different laws in different...
...Prep Courses Stress, Cost Students" (Feature, April 7) explored an unrepresentative range of Harvard experiences. The article correctly supports the assertion by Nicholas B. Lemann '76 that test prep courses traditionally promote meritocracy. However, there are also exceptions to this tradition. Not all companies use a few rare financial aid offerings covertly. Less privileged students also have the option of using courses that seek them out. Some options, such as my $350 TestWell LSAT course, charge everyone based on financial need and allow for free repeats. Your article fails to mention that students can make more moderate choices that...