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Regarding the Harvard study of admissions recently reported, I present two observations and a few facts that differ from those of Robert Klitgaard, author of the preliminary report...
Second, I was saddened by the opinions of researcher Klitgaard that how students benefit from attending college with Blacks is unclear, that evidence has not been found to demonstrate the beneficial effects to education of diversity, and that "if elite universities did not compete so heavily for Blacks, these students might attend slightly lesser institutions where they might compete as intellectual equals." His is a statement of exclusiveness that rejects minorities...
Your article concerning the "Klitgaard Report" was most irresponsible! This accusation isn't based on the fact that the "Report" is supposed to be confidential and incomplete at this time or that its subject is controversial. The article was irresponsible because neither the writer nor the editors reflected one moment upon the impossibility of Mr. Klitgaard to compare the scores or performances of blacks and Jews at Harvard. There are absolutely no records in the undergraduate admissions office of who is or is not a Jew. We must conclude, therefore, that unless some of the other Faculties in the University...
...Harvard Crimson's inept reporting irresponsibly allowed Robert Klitgaard's unsubstantiated and out-of-context statements to have detrimental impact on affirmative action policies and programs throughout this country. The "Exams Bias" article was written without any data or description of the methodology used and was also presented in the absence of any basic journalistic inquiry. Since when do raw scores devoid of personal context guage admission? Klitgaard's assertions completely ignore the importance of the socio-economic history of minority groups and women in this country. Why is Klitgaard trying to quantify and reduce to black and white...
...associate professor of Public Policy at the Kennedy School of Government, Klitgaard said this week Bok asked him about a year ago to undertake a study of University admissions...