Word: klitgaard
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After marching through the Yard and onto Mass Ave, the demonstrators encircled Massachusetts Hall and heard rally leaders read the list of demands. The demands include calls for a stronger University commitment to affirmative action and a public disavowal of the report, prepared by Robert E. Klitgaard '68, special assistant...
...Klitgaard's draft was only a summary of observations compiled before his own research and writing were finished. Moreover, it did not have the benefit of any criticism or evaluation by others in the University experienced in admissions, which Mr. Klitgaard was in the process of obtaining. As the Crimson well knew, the document involved was leaked without Mr. Klitgaard's knowledge and neither represented his own completed work nor the views of my office...
...Harvard or elsewhere; and (5) a list of questions or topics for further research which admissions officers might consider in light of the existing data. As has been the case with other work that I have asked my colleagues to undertake, I communicated these objectives to Mr. Klitgaard in the course of discussions with him and asked him to do a study...
...Klitgaard to investigate the abilities or performance of particular groups of students--either by sex, race, or religion. Nor was the study initiated to make recommendations or to secure specific changes in admissions policy. In particular, the study was not commissioned to question our policy of recruiting significant numbers of minority students--a policy which I helped to initiate at the Law School more than fifteen years ago, which I have publicly defended on numerous occasions, and which I continue firmly to support. Instead, the study was designed to review the literature and the data on the various methods, such...
...hope that these remarks help to clarify the origins and purposes of the Klitgaard study. The unauthorized release of a preliminary draft and the publication of selected portions were most unfortunate. These acts offended me and many other men and women in the Harvard community and needlessly raised many doubts and concerns. I am truly sorry about any hurt that has resulted from this unhappy episode. Derek C. Bok President, Harvard University