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...January/February issue of Harvard Magazine, Thomson Professor of Government Harvey C. Mansfield Jr. '53 suggested they might have been. Mansfield linked grade inflation to the arrival of larger numbers of Black students in the 1960s...
Thomson Professor of Government Harvey C. Mansfield Jr. '53 sparked campus controversy this semester with comments linking grade inflation to increased Black enrollment in the 1960s and '70s. But students, professors and administrators of that time say they disagree with him and offer their own theories. Some blame the Vietnam War; others talk about a cultural change in attitudes toward grades. But with both sides unable to present statistical evidence, anecdotes and observations dominate...
...think that Harvey is not right," said Whitla. "The real important thing to show is some evidence. This idea [of Mansfield's] has been around for a long time...
...could hardly believe my ears: Dr. Khallid Muhammed calling Socrates, Plato and Pythagoras "faggots"; perpetuating hatred between Blacks and Jews. Professor Harvey C. Mansfield Jr. attributing grade inflation to the rising number of Black students at Harvard. To the collective ears of this politically correct campus, these assertions and accusations were no less than blasphemy...
...most recent flare-up began with the comment by professor Harvey C. Mansfield Jr. in The Crimson that grade inflation was in part due to the rising number of Black students at Harvard. According to Mansfield, professors were hesitant to fairly grade those Blacks who deserved low grades, thus raising the average. He did not substantiate his claims with facts or figures, but based his observation on personal experience...