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...issues may be numerous, but the fundamental question is not: Will Harvard continue to drift away from its academic mission, narrow-minded in its pursuit of dollars and closed to outside influence, until it loses its national preeminence? Or will it accept its responsibility as an educational institution, open its decision-making structures, and adapt for the future? The answer will largely depend on who is the next president...
...April, the Justice Department appeared to narrow the investigation's scope. A second round of letters, sent to only a few of the schools, demanded information going back five additional years, but requested only documents on tuition-setting. Some hoped that meant the Justice Department was satisfied with the current financial aid practices...
...over the last decade, Bok broke out of his narrow focus on Harvard alone. Emerging as a spokesperson for higher education as a whole, Bok increasingly touted the research university as a major asset that can help solve the nation's social and economic problems...
Plans have been drawn for a new squash facility to be located next to the Varsity Club, which would include at least four international-width court and would have enough flexibility to allow the other narrow-width courts to be adapted to the international dimensions...
This is important, according to Fish, because the hardball squash played in the narrow courts and so common in the American northeast is harder for novices to learn than its softball compatriot...