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...wages, military (Wm) are nudged seductively in the direction of wages, civilian (We): "However, when one considers that a military aversion factor must be added to We or subtracted from Wm, assuming average aversion is positive, and that only a portion of military wages are perceived, the wage ratio is certainly less than unity and our observations could easily lie on the increasing elasticity segment of the supply curve." All clear, everyone...
While "it is true that the strongest of the Radcliffe rejects appear to be slightly more attractive as applicants than the bottom ranks of Harvard admissions," the study concludes, "the cutting edge of admissions would be equivalent in the two institutions if the ratio of men to women were changed as little as three percent, from the current...
...matter what the ratio, it's valid to ask what was the basis of choice." Dr. Chase N. Peterson, dean of Admissions and Financial Aid, said last night. "We didn't ask if things were different, then what would we take...
Using the RIC (rank-in-secondary-school-class), the ratio of women to men would increase by approximately four per cent. Using the POR (Preliminary Overall Rating), the ratio of women to men would increase by approximately six per cent, the largest increase in women...
...three, four years, we will have enough time to find out what people want here, in fact," Peterson said. "An unequal ratio doesn't necessarily imply discrimination-in past just the opposite was considered true. The Radcliffe girl was a valuable commodity...