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...over the de-emphasis of foreign cultures and languages at all educational levels. Harvard has pursued the opposite course. "The past few years have seen the inclusion in the Core of a foreign cultures category and the stiffening of the language requirement." Says Special Assistant to President Bok Robert Klitgaard, who was commissioned in 1979 to review the University's international activities. "In this instance, Harvard seems to be going against the national trend...
...also hopes to increase foreign student enrollment in the College. Klitgaard believes there is an untapped pool of foreign students that Harvard can attract with improved recruitment techniques. "The international reputation of the Faculty cannot be doubted but the student body has clearly lagged behind in this respect." Klitgaard says...
...Robert E. Klitgaard '68, special assistant to President Bok who last year wrote a controversial report that found SAT scores slightly overpredicted grades for minority students here, said new results on bias were "no surprise" and were "entirely consistent" with his own findings...
...know what the problem is." Klitgaard said of the Nader and Nairn reactions, adding that the disagreements about prediction are not so much about the actual statistics as what admission offices should do about them. Critics of testing recommend eliminating standardized tests altogether, and "try to imply that it makes no difference [in prediction] whether you use scores or not." Klitgaard said Such an approach "masks idealogical value questions in a scientific aura," he added...
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