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Harvard's Office of Community and Governmental Affairs has assumed financial responsibility for the University's share of the Upward Bound program, thus reassuring HEW's Office of Education of Harvard's commitment to the program...
Critical Debate. Partly because governments are also strongly attached to gold, the metal is at the heart of the critical debate over realigning international currency values. The U.S. has demanded that its trading partners revalue their currencies upward, thus making U.S. goods cheaper in international markets. Foreign governments argue that any realignment should include a devaluation of U.S. currency. This would be accomplished by raising the official price of gold by 5% or 10% from its present $35 an ounce. But if gold rises and dollars decline in value, countries that hold more dollars than bullion stand to lose...
First of all--since your article was meant to be informative and was not--let me explain that Harvard Upward Bound is one of 299 such programs in the nation. The aim of our program is to give intensive academic support to economically disadvanted high school students from Cambridge in the hope that they will continue their education beyond high school--ideally, though not necessarily, at a four-year college. We work with students for two to three years offering a six week residential summer program with an emphasis on building academic skills and furthering personal development, and an academic...
...that the University has been uncooperative in this respect. I would emphasize that in the past we have received both assistance and cooperation from many people throughout the University. I would like to see this continue and suggest the possibility of issuing some sort of Bursar's card to Upward Bound students to facilitate recognition and acceptance within the University community. 3) With regard to our students "never see(ing) Harvard" in the summer; last summer we chose to run our program at the Walnut Hill School. All other summers we have operated on the Harvard campus...
...hope that this will give a fairer picture of Upward Bound. I would also hope that former Upward Bound students and staff from other programs would take a minute to come by and visit us at 3 Garden Street. Barbara Lass Executive Director