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...things. Many are a great deal more. Generalities I may make, with some validity, are that almost all of these students are aware of their statistical characteristics--that there are relatively few of them, though their number increases; that some of them have been admitted on the basis of criteria broadened from those for white students; and that all of them represent in some way to some one their cultural or racial group and as such are watched...
...while, in the middle sixties, when a few Black and other minority students were being admitted to schools on the basis of other than traditional criteria, many felt that distinction and the new thrusts that were being made for them were praiseworthy. White admissions officers and professors patted themselves on the back that they were becoming a part of the struggle for equality. Although everyone expected these "specially" admitted students to have a rough time, everyone also expected them to work very hard to bring themselves up in the world, and to express the enormous gratitude they must feel...
...painful experience of taking courses with experts who cannot communicate their knowledge. While discussions of teaching skills have always been included in departmental recommendations for tenure, the recommendations have rarely gone deeply into that aspect of the candidate's ability. Research and teaching have both been criteria for tenure, but the emphasis has undoubtedly been on the former...
...University is in the situation of having to resist our charges, which means they must argue in favor of no uniform rules, procedures, or criteria," she added...
...second issue has little to do with the University's conception of minorities. The admissions office functions as a virtually autonomous unit, setting its own priorities by its own criteria. Students therefore should realize that their efforts must be concentrated on two separate fronts. The office appears willing, within the limits of its budget, to work with students to begin to penetrate the underrepresented areas...