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...chairs the athletics committee of the American Council on Education (ACE), which developed the guidelines that were eventually approved by the national convention of the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) in January. Forty-two college presidents from schools with major football and basketball programs make up the panel...
Because Harvard has traditionally required high academic standards from entering athletes and the University is not a particularly prominent member of the NCAA. Bok says as chairman he could strongly urge his ACE group to consider specific recommendations, then act as a neutral mediator without charges of self-interest. "I certainly played a role in getting these presidents together and persuading them they need to look seriously at these problems, and I will continue to do that as long as they're willing to cooperate and that we still have problems left to resolve," he adds...
...President Edward T. Foote explains that "Harvard is Harvard, and Derek Bok is a very highly respected educator. President Bok has definitely had a leading role in all of those decisions." Foote says that there was some division within the group as to the severity of the requirements--the ACE's proposal was the strictest of four plans presented at the NCAA convention--"but it was decided that a strong step had to be taken...
...letter supports the more detailed 45-page comment from the American Council of Education (ACE), also filed yesterday. The University concurs with the ACE in recommending that the Department of Education and Selective Service System take more responsibility for enforcing...
Sheldon Steinbuch, general counsel of the ACE, said yesterday that his organization, of which Harvard is a member, would like to see students check off that they have registrant for the draft and them send the form to the Department of Education for verification...