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This 10-year-old side project of the Kenan Professor of Government—Mansfield ’53 normally spends his days translating Machiavelli and doling out C-minuses—broadly analyzes manliness as a fading characteristic in our modern, supposedly “gender neutral” world. “Manliness,” Mansfield said to the large crowd in the Kirkland House Junior Common Room, “is confidence in the face of risk...
...percent of all grades given to Harvard undergraduates last academic year—the highest level since 1999-2000, and the second-highest level in the last 20 years. An additional 25 percent of grades awarded last year were A-minuses, according to Gross’ letter. Kenan Professor of Government Harvey C. Mansfield, Jr. ’53 said that grade inflation makes pluses and minuses more important. “Pluses and minuses offset grade inflation, because from the standpoint of a professor, you can make more distinctions,” he said. Pluses and minuses, according...
...change from past presidents.But asked on Wednesday whether he still had confidence in Summers, Pinker hesitated, then qualified his response.“Yeah, but—I’d like to see a little more positive leadership,” Pinker said.Another well-known Summers supporter, Kenan Professor of Government Harvey C. Mansfield ’53, also said he wanted the president to respond forcefully to his opponents.“He needs to start defending himself,” Mansfield said, “and to answer and refute his miserable critics.”Summers...
...Kenan Professor of Government Harvey C. Mansfield ’53 reopened debate on gender differences in a presentation on his new book, “Manliness,” at Kirkland House last night...
With the average grade at Harvard rising for the third consecutive year, Harvey C. “C-Minus” Mansfield ’53 is adding a few more A’s to the mix of marks in his notoriously difficult courses.The Kenan professor of government has reinstituted his famous two-grade system. Students in Government 1059, “Topics in Political Philosophy: Natural Right,” and Government 1061, “The History of Modern Political Philosophy,” will receive two marks—one in private and one officially submitted...