FACULTY CONTROLS RADCLIFFE COURSES

Complete responsibility for the program of Radcliffe instruction will be assumed by the Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences on July 1 next, it was announced over the weekend by President James B. Conant and President Ada Comstock of Radcliffe in a joint statement.

After July 1, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences as an official body will supervise course offerings, assignments of instructors, and recommendations for degrees of students enrolled in Radcliffe College. This alters the arrangement in effect throughout the 64-years of Radcliffe's history by which instruction has been furnished by members of the Harvard Faculty, acting as individuals only.

Independence Not Compromised

The plan, it was emphasized, affects in no way the position of Radcliffe as a separate and independent institution, operating its own plant, managing its own budget and financial affairs, and exercising administrative control over its students.

Radcliffe students will continue to receive instruction in separate classes at Radcliffe. However, a policy has been in effect for many years by which certain Radcliffe students have been admitted to some courses of advanced grade at Harvard. This policy was broadened a year ago as a result of war conditions. Under the new arrangement more Harvard classes may be opened to Radcliffe students. This does not place either college in the category of a coeducational institution.

"The reasons for this provision," Paul H. Buck, Dean of the Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences stated in commenting upon the plan, "are twofold--the reduction of the Harvard staff and student body by reason of calls to war service, and the increasing demands on the time of the teaching staff for instruction under Army and Navy training programs, and for war research activities.