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Since we proposed eliminating early admission to interim University President Derek C. Bok and interim Dean of the Faculty Jeremy R. Knowles, their support has been enthusiastic and unwavering. Their remarks when the announcement was made are indicative of Harvard’s institutional priorities. As Bok said, â?...
Knowles articulated the educational benefits to high school students: “These programs distort the high school experience by forcing both students and colleges to commit prematurely, based only upon the record at the end of the student’s junior year. Moreover, students who are admitted early...
His exit and the return of two of Harvard’s old wise men should have been a respite from all the hurrying. But Derek C. Bok and Jeremy R. Knowles, the interim leaders of the University and the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, did not slow down.
At the same time, Bok and Knowles, colleagues of 34 years, had a rehabilitating effect on a fractured University.
Robert D. Putnam, a longtime friend of Bok and Knowles and a former dean of the Kennedy School of Government, said that the duo’s calming influence could be felt as far south as Princeton, where he was on sabbatical.