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...unexpected and unprecedented show of political bravado, the leadership of AAA committed the organization to strong positions and demands without consulting the members of the organization. By fist of the officers, AAA has sponsored the public condemnation of "the erroneous and racist" sentiments expressed by Professor Harvey C. Mansfield Jr., issued demands for the development of an ethnic studies requirement under the core curriculum, and called for an official investigation into the role of "institutionalized racism" at Harvard, among other things. We consider these actions--which were initiated and executed with neither general deliberation nor a democratic vote--unrepresentative...
...committee's meeting coincides with the recent debate on campus about free speech, sparked by comments made by Thomson Professor of Government Harvey C. Mansfield '53, a committee member...
...Mansfield said professors in the 1960s were reluctant to give C's to the increasing number of Black students on campus, thus inflating the grades of all students...
...Mansfield's decision could hinge in part on who replaces Shklar, the source said. One name under consideration by the Government department is Charles Taylor, a professor at McGill Uni- versity in Montreal and a leading political theorist, the source said...
...Mansfield has several strong reasons to stay at Harvard. The professor, an expert on the work of Niccolo Machiavelli, has built his career at Harvard and has built strong ties in the University community, according to one source...