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“It’s always flattering to be appreciated,” said Director of Undergraduate Admissions Marlyn McGrath Lewis ’70-’73. “But there are a lot of better reasons to choosing a college besides ordinal ranking.?...
“Publications are in the business for selling publications. The data are helpful and can be interesting for people to make dimensional comparisons, but the rankings, calculated on some abstract level, no one should take too seriously,” McGrath Lewis said.
While McGrath Lewis noted that Harvard has always had an “exceptionally high yield” that “might have helped us in the past,” the change in methodology didn’t seem to hurt the College. Harvard’s index...
Even his departure constituted a change, as former Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis ’68 dissolved the dean of students post after Epps stepped down, dividing his responsibilities among three associate deans.
Epps was unafraid to be an outspoken advocate of his policy stances, often throwing his weight behind projects opposed by Lewis and publicly disagreeing with his boss about the nature and aim of Harvard’s undergraduate education. He prided himself on independent thought.