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...everybody would agree to the present male-female ratio, that would be fine; but they won't. I think the enrollment of women at Harvard must grow," he said. He stressed, however, that the number of men would not be reduced...
...Another real area of concern is the question of admissions." Pusey said, A committee chaired by Chase N. Peterson 52, dean of Admissions and Financial Aid, is studying this question. The committee is not so much trying to decide the ratio between male and female undergraduates as to consider "what would be the effect on the admissions program and the financial aid program of Harvard," Pusey said...
...intimidation of the black community by the "White Hats," a 600-member vigilante outfit formed and deputized during the 1967 disturbances. It also presented city officials with a list of seven demands, including appointment of a black police chief and assistant fire chief and a near equal black-white ratio in all city jobs. The demands and a boycott used to dramatize them touched off a rash of snipings, which ended only after Illinois Governor Richard Ogilvie sent in National Guardsmen to keep the peace...
...nonetheless an incredible statistical consistency to the Harvard classes. The number of students admitted from California never doubles from one year to the next, and Exeter is never shut out completely. The number of Harvard sons admitted stays rather constant (although the number rejected is increasing rapidly), and the ratio of public school students to private school students changes at a slow and smooth rate, in the direction of the former...
...percentage of private school graduates has dropped less than one percent; the private/public ratio now stands at 58/42 for Harvard...