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Last week, The Valley News reported that in a private letter written four years ago by Dartmouth College Dean of Admissions Karl Furstenberg to Swarthmore College President Alfred Bloom, Furstenberg praised Bloom’s decision to disband the Swarthmore football program. But, Furstenberg didn’t stop there...
...that an admissions department that is led by someone who believes that football is “antithetical to the academic mission” of Dartmouth, and the pool of possible choices shrinks even further...
...Dartmouth administration frantically responded to the article with a press release that included statements from Furstenberg and President James Wright...
Furstenberg continued by adding that “the views expressed in that letter do not reflect Dartmouth policy nor do they have any bearing on the manner in which I carry out my responsibilities at the College...
...record, The Valley News reported that the letter was drafted on Dartmouth stationery (making it look quite a bit like “Dartmouth policy”) and his(. Furstenberg’s) assertion that his views have no bearing on his professional conduct is bogus, since his job is to ensure the academic quality and diversity of the incoming classes, something which he openly states is sacrificed by maintaining a football program...