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Remarks by Kenan Professor of Government Harvey C. Mansfield '53 infuriate the Black Student Association causing around 60 students to peacefully sit-in during one of his government class. The sit-in comes after Mansfield remarked that grade inflation started to increase after the influx of black students in the 1970s...
This year Harvard College was rocked by accusations from Kenan Professor of Government Harvey C. Mansfield ’53 that grade inflation was caused by affirmative action policies enacted in the late ’60s. Members of the Black Students Association stood silently in his classroom to protest Mansfield’s statements, which they termed “racist.” Both President Neil L. Rudenstine and Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis ’68 vociferously denied Mansfield’s claims and denounced them as “divisive...
...write on behalf of 22 other students in the department of Visual and Environmental Studies (VES). We were appalled by the portrayal of the department presented in your article regarding the dismissal of Ellen Phelan as department chair and the appointment of Kenan Professor of English Marjorie Garber to that position (News, "Staff Complaints Led Knowles to Replace VES Chair," May 16). Our experiences in the department have been overwhelmingly positive, largely due to the great talent and generosity of the faculty and staff criticized in the article...
...opportunity to study the academic and practical aspects of the visual arts. Professor of the Practice of Studio Arts in Visual and Environmental Studies Ellen Phelan, though recently deposed as chair, left the VES department with the legacy of a strong creative program; we hope that the new chair, Kenan Professor of English Marjorie Garber, will be able to continue Phelan’s vision...
...refused, and three weeks later, Knowles forcibly removed her and appointed Kenan Professor of English Marjorie Garber—who is not a member of VES and has no formal background in the arts—to the position...