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Radcliffe Board Endorses Strauch Recommendations

The Radcliffe Board of Trustees yesterday endorsed all of the Strauch Committee's recommendations and a statement of suggestions for instituting equal access admissions.

The Trustees statement, prepared by the Trustee Future Committee, has not yet been released. President Horner said last night that she and President Bok will release the Trustees' recommendations after they have conferred about them and have agreed on the precise wording of their joint statement.

In approving the Strauch Report in its entirety, the Trustees became the first official University body to do so since its release in February.

Last month, the Faculty voted approval of a three-part motion to set up equal access admissions for the Class of 1980, a joint Harvard-Radcliffe standing committee on admissions and scholarships and periodic reviews of equal access.

The Faculty did not vote on the other major recommendations of the Strauch Committee, which call for:

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* merging the Harvard and Radcliffe admissions offices;

* increasing the numbers of women faculty and administrators;

* opening all undergraduate prizes and fellowships to men and women;

* equalizing athletic facilities for men and women;

* no substantial increase in the undergraduate student body at the present time; and

* intense recruiting by alumni/ae organizations to attract more women applicants.

Yet to Review

The two Harvard Governing Boards--the Corporation and the Board of Overseers--have yet to review the Strauch recommendations officially. However, they are expected to approve them within the next two weeks.

The Corporation which put off discussion of the report until after the trustees met, will probably discuss and vote on the Strauch Report at its meeting next week.

Earlier this month, the Overseers Visiting Committee on the Harvard and Radcliffe relationship recommended that the Overseers approve the report at their May 12 meeting.

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