Word: programing
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...student might be "tipped in" because of an unusual socioeconomic or ethnic background. Harvard began in the 1930s with the National Scholars Program to seek talented students from all socioeconomic backgrounds and since the 1960s has made special efforts to seek students from minority backgrounds. Indeed, the Harvard admissions process was cited as a model in the United States Supreme Court's 1978 decision in the Bakke case...
Athletic teams today form so integral part of the college scene across the United States that they are largely taken for granted. The roots of an athletic program integrated with an academic one are derived from the ancient Greek ideal of sound mind and sound body. It is now so ingrained as part of American college life that students and alumni alike have come to expect varsity sports at colleges...
While over the years the Harvard community has separated itself from what it considers to be the excesses of today's "big-time" college athletics, it continues to maintain a comprehensive intercollegiate, intramural and individual sports program. Perhaps equally important, it provides leadership to the country by demonstrating that one can still have a strong athletic program and even win national championships without offering academic scholarships. Some of our very best students, including those who did not play sports, chose to come here in part because of the "collegiate" atmosphere that our varsity athletic programs help to provide...
...sort of time." There are a few nods as Watson, a forceful speaker, reminds them of the days when the informal police motto was "Nobody ever got fired for doing nothing." All grist for her message: Watson is committed to the citywide adoption of Neighborhood Oriented Policing, the experimental program that her predecessor and mentor, Lee Brown, championed. "If we continue as we have done in the past," she says, "we're doomed...
Students involved in the program bring champagne, turkey and conversation to the homes of house-ridden people. "We've become a very popular thing for people to do who don't have anywhere to go during Thanksgiving," Shah said. "We've had very positive response...