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...Mellon Foundation President William G. Bowen, who worked with Rudenstine for more than 20 years at Princeton and the Mellon Foundation, said in a release that Rudenstine will bring "insightful and effective" leadership skills...
...games and drugs. Specializing also teaches children focus and dedication and imbues them with a strong work ethic. While some excessive parents might hire expensive batting coaches for their children, the alternative would likely be the purchase of an expensive Sony Play Station or Nintendo 64. Do Shulman and Bowen really think this would be better for a child's development...
...Shulman and Bowen also fail to realize that specialization in athletics parallels a greater societal trend towards specialization, especially at the schools the authors studied. The faculty and the course offerings in all the departments at Harvard are more specialized now than they were 50 years ago. As Princeton Dean of Admissions Fred Hargadon said, the "baby" has changed but so has the "bathwater...
...Aside from their major criticisms of collegiate athletics, Shulman and Bowen (who claim to be pro-sport) cannot resist inserting minor anti-athlete barbs into their book. They begin one of section of a chapter on women's sports by quoting a Princeton basketball player: "She was trying to get all up in my face, and I just clocked her. I started hammering her." This quote has no apparent relevance to the chapter, which explains the history of women's athletics. It seems that the authors dug up the most unflattering quote they could find to execute an underhanded attack...
...Thankfully, Harvard has shown no indication of following Shulman and Bowen's suggestions. Harvard has traditionally remained very active in athletics: when the University of Chicago choose to give up football earlier this century, Harvard instead led the formation of the Ivy League. Now, after suffering in its admissions competition with the Ivies, Chicago has brought back football and advertises its athletic success on its website...