Word: edley
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...report tried to prove that diversity was important, Edley said, because "Harvard believed in it for a long time, lots of dead social philosophers have talked about it for a long time and lots of other educators agree that it's important...
Rudenstine's argument, although "eloquently" put, rested on three weak premises, Edley said...
...addition to being "too celebratory of Harvard's history and not honest enough about Harvard's failings, like the anti-Semitic quotas," Edley said Rudenstine's report did not aim for a wide enough audience...
...Edley said the problem with Rudenstine's argument lay partially in its lack of hard evidence. But the necessary evidence does not yet exist, Edley said...
Rudenstine's diversity report is also flawed in that it addresses only the higher education community, rather than the policymaking establishment, Edley said. Like many of today's university presidents, Rudenstine appears reluctant to enter the national debate...