Higher Education Notes

Harvard to redefine Radcliffe's role

The Fellows of Harvard University and the Trustees of Radcliffe College are planning to redefine the historically ambiguous role of Radcliffe College, the Harvard Crimson reported Monday.

Unnamed sources close to the discussions said Radcliffe, once the female counterpart to Harvard, may soon relinquish its 119-year-old title of undergraduate college and instead refocus itself as a women's research institution.

The changes in the Harvard-Radcliffe relationship will likely include the removal of Radcliffe's official seal from undergraduate females' diplomas and put a greater focus on research efforts at Radcliffe.

While many people said they were surprised by the news, some say they see the potential developments as the logical next step in Radcliffe's evolution.

U. of Kentucky Greek houses to be dry by next fall

After months of discussions with student leaders, the university's Board of Trustees approved the new policy last week. Campus leaders at UK cited alcohol-related deaths at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Louisiana State University last year as reasons why Greek systems should adopt alcohol-free housing.

UK's Interfraternity Council had hoped the policy would be enacted later in the future, but said it plans to adjust to the change.

Study shows Greeksystem members likely to graduate

A study released last week suggests that students involved in the Greek system are more likely to stay in school than other undergraduates, Oregon State University's OSU Daily Barometer reported Monday.

The study finds that alumni of fraternities or sororities are more likely to donate money to their alma maters, as well as feel better about the social aspects of their undergraduate experience.

The study was conducted by the Center for Advanced Social Research at the University of Missouri and reported by the Research Initiative of the National Panhellenic Conference and the National Interfraternity Conference.

Hole in computer security exposes UNH student info

The error, which allowed access to personal information of all the university's students, faculty, staff and administrators, was discovered accidentally by a student last spring.

He immediately reported the problem to a university administrator who did not report it to his supervisor because he "thought he fixed it."

But the student recently re-reported the problem after realizing that the personal information was still readily accessible to any user.

Computer administrators pulled the confidential files from the system last Wednesday. Since then, computers assistants have removed the login information from the Windows 95 systems and are checking people in manually. The problem did not affect Macintosh systems.

- Compiled by Daily Staff Reporter Christine M. Paik from the University Wire.

04-15-98