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...project, the diversity angle was the hardest to address. Most of Light??s evidence reinforces the basic point that a diverse living situation is one crucial way for students to benefit from Harvard’s racial and ethnic diversity. His message to “campus leaders” is that carefully engineered first-year housing and randomization are crucial...
People were not guarded—that’s not what I mean. It’s just that to articulate the meaningfulness of living in a diverse community with specific anecdotes (like Light??s students do) is difficult to do without descending into Passover-inspired schmaltz. (There are two separate anecdotes in Light??s book about Passover seders.) But generally speaking, sometimes it is good simply to be reminded of why a diverse community is good. Morris talks about how important it’s been for her to live in a large black...
...have been Richard Light??s disciple for a few short weeks. That is nothing really. A select group of sophomores took a freshman seminar with Light last fall and have been working with him ever since, surveying students over all four years in college. I wanted to talk to them about what it meant to be thinking about how to make the most of college from day one. What sort of blissful collegiate euphoria did they exist in, having met Richard Light from the beginning of their experience...
Later, when Schmitt himself tells me about his Pudding work, he credits Light. “It’s hard to say whether I would have gone through with it without Dr. Light??s advice about extra-curriculars, exposing yourself to opportunities outside the classroom...
...five other former students of Light??s whom I speak with are equally grateful to him, and I understand why. He is a reassuring presence to have in one’s corner. For the most part, however, no one seems to think that life would have been drastically different for them had they not met Mr. Making the Most of College their first semester. They are perhaps more reflective than most, as they interview 10 students each semester about their Harvard experience, but it doesn’t necessarily translate into deliberate choices. In fact, several people...