Word: mansfield
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...does it change the fact that in the classroom Mansfield is a great professor. The group's claim that Mansfield has offered Harvard little more than his private "family values" in his 37 years at Harvard is just ignorant. Anyone who has taken any of his political theory courses would recognize his purpose is not to indoctrinate his students, but to share his considerable understanding of some of the greatest thinkers of all time...
None of this mattered to the "protesters," who preferred to rage against Mansfield and include Will in this bizarre vendetta. What exactly was the point they were trying to make in protesting Will, a respected columnist and man of integrity? While conservative, Will has the intellectual honesty to attack sacred cows on both sides. As he showed on Friday, he can carry his weight in the classrooms as well...
...Kenan Professor of Government Harvey C. Mansfield Jr. '53 touched off a campus-wide controversy with remarks tying Harvard's modern grade inflation to the increased recruitment of blacks in the 1970s...
...time, Dean of the Faculty Jeremy R. Knowles expressed his disagreement with Mansfield's remarks and added that he knew of "no evidence" to support them...
...Knowles correctly defended the right of Mansfield--and all members of the Harvard community--to "express themselves openly and candidly...