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...time when Lamarckianism--the belief that acquired traits could be passed on to offspring--was finally discarded. It was a time when experimental biology replaced descriptive biology as the status science. It was a time when the study of anatomy, morphology, ecology was dropped from college curricula because it was not experimental enough, and evolutionary biology almost died here at Harvard. It was, finally, the last chapter of the Darwinian Revolution...
ABOVE ALL, theirs is a grossly shortsighted view of the school's mission. Its highly econometric approach to public policy frequently precludes meaningful classroom discussion of ethical issues and fails to inculcate an appreciation for affirmative action policies. Its extremely quantitative admissions and curricula requirements dissuade many minorities and women from applying--and spur a vicious circle that keeps out faculty and students who don't happen to be quantitatively gifted white males...
BALANCING THE PROBLEM of oversimplification are some sustained confusions, and a few distinctions that demand clarification Strenio attacks the concept of basic competancy testing for high school diplomas on the grounds that it discriminates against students whose high school curricula weren't geared to the test. He thus ignores the point that a properly "basic" test is designed to detect severe shortcomings in the school system. And afterarguing convincingly that the tendency for schools to coach for tests rather then teach subjects is harmful, his "Beating the System" chapter heartily recomments SAT prep course plugs Stanley Kaplan by name...
...limited. So far its greatest achievement lies in the security field--military forces claim 28-per-cent female membership, the police force 50-per-cent. And although the state-run Leon Medical School boasts only 30 per cent women students, more women than men are entering libera arts university curricula, which will increase the ranks of women professionals in several years...
...vehicles for this role have been his annual reports, in which he has systematically--and in contrast to other university presidents--tried to take on the larger questions. Save one of the reports--which Bok takes a month every year to prepare--they have concentrated on issues of educational curricula and priorities. "The things that interest me most are intellectual and academic," he says. Although Bok long ago gave up his own intellectual pursuits--labor law was too complicated and ever-changing to keep up with, he explains--he and Rosovsky use the same words to describe Bok: "fundamentally...