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Toward the end of his speech, West seemed to assail the attitude Summers held during the now infamous Mass. Hall meeting last fall between...
Critics routinely assail these programs not only for draining schools’ resources, but more importantly, for perpetuating an arrogant culture of elitism that harms the community and the children on both sides of the “gifted” label. But is segregating gifted children as bad an idea as these critics claim it is? My experience, both in school and this summer with TIP, suggests just the opposite. Gifted programs are crucial in the proper academic and social development of talented children...
Yasin has done this before, and he has agreed to do it again in the speech. But his critics continue to assail him, with few specifics. Much of this has been done without the standards one would hope for from an academic community. Disappointingly, the debate has at times descended into ill-informed and downright false character assassination. Many of those criticizing him have not taken the time to contact him, to ask questions, to find out facts. He has been called everything from “an apologist for men who do great evil?...
Yasin has done this before, and he has agreed to do it again in the speech. But his critics continue to assail him, with few specifics. Much of this has been done without the standards one would hope for from an academic community. Disappointingly, the debate has at times descended into ill-informed and downright false character assassination. Many of those criticizing him have not taken the time to contact him, to ask questions, to find out facts. He has been called everything from “an apologist for men who do great evil?...
...recent days, protesters have called on students, particularly those in ethnic or racial minority groups, to unite against what they see as an onslaught against diversity at Harvard. At the center of the storm: University President Lawrence H. Summers and a string of incidents relating to minority issues. Students assail Summers for his treatment of Fletcher University Professor Cornel R. West ’74, his perceived lack of support for ethnic and Latino studies, and the lack of women and minorities on the faculty...