Harvard Needs Better Native American Recruitment

To the editors:

I am a Native American (Muscogee) doctoral candidate at the Harvard School of Education and I appreciate the candid and well-researched article giving visibility to the “invisible minority” here at Harvard (Magazine, “The Invisible Minority,” April 15). I hope this article reaches key people in this institution who will be motivated to act on this well-presented report.

As a Harvard student, and as a graduate of Cornell University, I agree with the report on the need for aggressive recruitment and improved programs for Native Americans. This article contained insightful remarks and candid historical statistics on Native Americans at Harvard.

I wonder if The Crimson might consider doing a follow-up to this article this fall after we see just how many Native students actually arrive at Harvard in comparison to other minorities. Overall, it was an enlightening article.

DEIDRA SUWANEE DEES

April 25, 2004