[education] harvard to level the playing field

Harvard College announced yesterday that it will end its early-admissions program, such programs having become a focus of many top high school students seeking their top choices, in exchange for a particular school securing and holding in potential talent early. Harvard did not require this and many say it has the luxury of dropping the program which they do not have. There may be some altruism in this but there may also be some cynical game-playing. The stakes are high.