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...flyer contained a catalog of complaints, ranging from the dearth of black and Latino professors in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) to allegedly "erroneous and racist" statements on grade inflation by Kenan Professor of Government Harvey C. Mansfield...
...flyer called for Mansfield to apologize for statements linking grade inflation to an increasing number of black students at the College...
...also said that President Neil L. Rudenstine and Dean of the FAS Jeremy R. Knowles must apologize for their "silence in the issue." In subsequent weeks, Mansfield, Rudenstine and Knowles defended themselves against the attacks...
...that of previous years. Three years ago, undergraduates staged a protest during Junior Parents Weekend in which 50 students participated. The demonstration was a response both to the initial exclusion of Asian-Americans from discussion panels that weekend and to a statement of Kenan Professor of Government Harvey C. Mansfield '53, made earlier that winter, that linked college grade inflation to the presence of black students...
...surprising to find an institution of the faculty that always votes 17 to nothing at a university that prides itself on its diversity," Mansfield says...