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Former Harvard President Derek Bok recentlyco-authored a book titled The Shape of theRiver: Long-Term Consequences of Considering Racein College and University Admissions...
...former Princeton University president William G. Bowen and former Harvard University president Derek Bok argue in their new book, The Shape of the River, a major justification for making sure that promising minority students can get into the best universities, even if their SAT scores are lower than those of some white applicants, is that "American society needs the high-achieving black graduates who will provide leadership in every walk of life." In other words, to make sure that our future is shaped by all our citizens, not just a few. Slavery has nothing to do with...
...affirmative action discussion scheduled fornext week fell through after Derek C. Bok, formerHarvard president, and Roger Banks, head of theCollege's Undergraduate Minority RecruitmentProgram, could not make...
According to Branch, Nathan Glazer, a professoremeritus at the Graduate School of Education and aonce-vehement attacker of affirmative action wholater came to support it, agreed to speak at thediscussion if Bok spoke...
...Bok is co-author of The Shape of the River, widely acclaimed as the first large-scale, quantitative study of the benefits of affirmative action in higher education...