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...interview with The Crimson, Green said Mansfield's remarks linking grade inflation to the increased enrollment of Black students in the late 1960s are part of a history of inflammatory statements by the professor...
Mansfield had said that after Black enrollment increased in the late 1960s, professors applied affirmative action policies to their grading...
Rudenstine and the students also discussed allegedly racist statements by Thomson Professor of Government Harvey C. Mansfield Jr., linking grade inflation to the increased enrollment of Black students in the late 1960s...
...Crimson. On the academic question of grade inflation that triggered your letter to me, let me say simply that I know of no evidence to indicate that grade inflation at Harvard was due in any way to the enrollment of greater numbers of minority students in the late 1960s and early 1970s. It is (and always has been) the clear responsibility of all professors to ensure that the grading of their courses is equitable, consistent and is based solely upon academic performance. The recent discussions in the Educational Policy Committee about grade inflation came, in fact, from a quite difference...
...stakes are rising, as an American economy that was virtually self- sufficient in the 1950s and 1960s has become increasingly dependent on exports for economic growth. Just in the years between 1986 and 1990, the number of Americans who produce goods for export jumped to 7.2 million from 5 million. Export-related jobs have grown throughout the economic slump, and they pay about $3,500 more a year than the average American job. If Kantor is successful in negotiating lower trade barriers, says Senator Max Baucus, a Montana Democrat influential on trade issues, he "will create more new jobs...