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...after undergoing a phase of dramatic expansion in the faculty in the first part of the decade, FAS has found itself confronted with the task of budgetary streamlining—thereby restricting the school’s ability to recruit fresh faces and personalities to the faculty...
This effort was also driven by half a century of work by the Admissions Office to identify, recruit, and admit talented students of all backgrounds. Among the first National Scholars was Fred L. Glimp ’50, a proud Idaho native, whose visionary leadership as Dean of Admissions from 1960-1967 provided considerable momentum for this work. Chase N. Peterson ’52 from the state of Utah served as dean from 1967-1972 and led minority recruitment to new heights. And L. Fred Jewett ’57 from Taunton, Mass. ushered in the current era, urging...
People ask why Harvard continues to recruit despite having so many applications. We do so because many talented students remain unaware of their opportunities. Among the many structural barriers to opportunity is an average student-to-counselor ratio in our nation’s public schools of 500 to one, in some states nearly 1,000 to one. Because these high-school counselors are overworked and under-resourced, it often falls to us to convey the message of accessibility and affordability that has led to the new Harvard...
...Washington Post blog, intrepid journalist and UCLA grad Ezra Klein spoke to a member of an endangered species: a Wall Street recruit from Harvard...
...host of other auxiliary factors on one side can overcome an immense collection of pure talent on the other. Nevertheless, this doesn’t stop monied teams in professional sports leagues around the world, from Real Madrid to the Yankees, from making more of an effort to recruit and satisfy expensive star athletes instead of focusing on more foundational efforts. The failures of these efforts are often blamed on the once-touted athletes themselves, but instead, the overall strategy should be questioned. The “cost of winning” is a facetious phrase; seeing the success...