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...conservative gadfly Harvey C. Mansfield Jr. '53 was less forgiving. Instead of soft praise from the Faculty, Rudenstine quickly found himself on the defensive as Mansfield led a small group of conservatives in attacking the president for committing Harvard's prestige to the defense of affirmative action...
Rudenstine's critics, such as Kenan Professor of Government Mansfield, recognize the value of diversity in intellectual discourse. Rudenstine's report cites both John Milton and John Stuart Mill, who argued for diversity of opinion as a necessity in the pursuit of truth...
...Mansfield speaks with approval of the attempts of President Charles W. Eliot, class of 1853, to diversity almost a century ago for the sake of excellence at the same time as he criticizes today's policies that seek such diversity at the expense of excellence. Mansfield argues that Rudenstine deliberately avoids a frank discussion of the lowered admissions standards required by current affirmative action policies...
...professors, Kenan Professor of Government Harvey C. Mansfield Jr. '53 and Professor of Yiddish Literature and of Comparative Literature Ruth R. Wisse, accused Rudenstine in the meeting of using the reports to further political beliefs...
Harvey C. Mansfield Jr. '53 is Kenan Professor of Government. This article appeared in a slightly different form last month in The Weekly Standard...