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...REAGAN PROPAGANDA campaign seems particularly dramatic because of the nation's traditional respect for education. People are accustomed to blaming and blessing "America's commitment to education" for a host of sociological circumstances, from up ward mobility to crowded professional job markets to the existence of "diploma mills." A few voices have complained that one reason for economic confusion and disproportionate educational spending is this peculiar idea that every member of society should be able to go to college. The belief was strengthened by increasing attention to diversity in admissions and the Carter Administration's more comprehensive financial aid policies...
Such a narrow vocational focus understandably has some thoughtful elders worried. Says Garland Richmond, associate dean of Emory University in Atlanta: "I think this need for certification and emphasis on a diploma and transcript has kept them from really enjoying college which is one of the most exciting experiences in life." Comments Roger Lehecka dean of students at Columbia: "These young people feel they must make career decisions immediately or be left out. This element of panic is unhealthy. They're making premature decisions." Northwestern Associate Provost John Margolis wishes for "a bit more willingness to try out unconventional...
...lifted from the work of a famous scholar. When pressed by her professor. Napolitano admitted that more than the passages which had been footnoted belonged to someone else. The paper was that of Josefina Ludmer, almost word for word. Following a drawn-out disciplinary process. Princeton denied her a diploma...
...campuses these days--even within the prestigious Ivied walls. But what made the senior's blunder news-worthy was her unprecedented retaliatory action Napolitano sued Princeton, confessing to the plagiarism rap but claiming that the University had denied her "due process" under law. Napolitano fought in court for her diploma and lost, though she has vowed to take the issue to the U.S. Supreme Court if necessary. She told Time magazine. "My whole purpose is to avoid having the label of plagiarist attached for the rest of my life...
...benefit primarily to society, rather than the student, drew the most violent objection from the CSA. Its letter criticizes Bok for failing "to stress the importance of maintaining equal educational access for all students" and accuses him of valuing education not "for its own sake, but because a diploma may make a person a more productive economic unit...