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...Horner believes, however, that admitting women is a task that should be shared by Harvard and Radcliffe so that the Faculty will feel responsible for the education of women...
...Faculty don't see women as potentially taking their chairs," Horner said in an April interview. "It's not that they don't think women are bright, but it's an attitude that will lead them to make certain decisions inadvertently. The Faculty has got to understand and take seriously the education of women, but it's difficult if they don't know anything about these students...
...Thus, Horner has geared her efforts this year towards educating the Faculty about the women it is in turn responsible for educating. For example, this year marked the first time that a standing committee worked closely with the Radcliffe Admissions Committee. Horner feels that if anything helps dissolve myths about Radcliffe students, Faculty involvement of this nature will do it because for the first time, Harvard professors and administrators at least know what sorts of women are in the Radcliffe applicant pool...
...problem is that Radcliffe itself does not know that much about the women it has admitted. A college which was noted for its familial-type of atmosphere seems to have been markedly unprofessional about keeping track of its students. As far as Horner is concerned, "There is no justification for Radcliffe unless we can speak authoritatively about them and about their educational and living experience...
...While Horner thinks in terms of one undergraduate body, she also believes that women have special needs which require separate attention. She has talked on many occasions this year about support structures within the larger structure," terminology which she acknowledges has been damaging because for many people it connotes an inferior status of women. But she maintains both that "the specific needs of women are not the same as those of men, nor are they necessarily applicable to all women," and that "recognizing special needs is not to say that they're second class...