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...member of the coalition, but have followed its activity actively. The purpose of the Coalition For Diversity is explicitly expressed in its name. Its initial demands, listed in the "Peculiar Institution" flyer distributed at Junior Parent's Weekend, included a response to Harvey Mansfield's comments that grade inflation was a product of affirmative action and the enrollment of increasing numbers of Black students on campus, greater efforts in the hiring of and tenuring of minority faculty, ethnic studies in the academic curriculum, and fair representation of Asian/Asian-American students in events and student panels similar to the "Celebrating Diversity...
Sandel said also that he does not expect the matter to be discussed at the forum, and thus sees no conflict between Mansfield's role as a committee member and his part in the recent controversy...
Other committee members are Professor of Law Randall L. Kennedy, Professor of Law Kathleen M. Sullivan, Stanton Professor of the First Amendment Frederick Schauer and Mansfield...
...committee has yet to serve in its advisory capacity, said Sandel. He said that Rudenstine did not ask the committee separately or as a whole for advice during the recent controversy over comments by Mansfield, which some minority leaders have called racist...
Schauer said that Mansfield's comments would have no effect on what he or other committee members would discuss, although he said he hopes exploration of the larger issues involved would help focus thinking about more specific issues of free speech...