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Race was not the only reason given by Mansfield for grade inflation. In a letter to The Crimson on March 10, the professor introduced another possible explanation: Professors might have inflated grades to prevent students from losing their draft deferments and having to go to Vietnam...
...lasting legacy of Mansfield's statements, however, might not be the search for truth about the origins of grade inflation, graduates said. Comments like Mansfield's, graduates said, serve more to hurt the present sense of community on campus than to give any insight into the past...
...College administrators performing independent investigations of comments made by Thomson Professor of Government Harvey C. Mansfield Jr.'53 said this week they may run into problems...
Over the past few months, Mansfield has linked grade inflation to the increased enrollment of Black students in the 1960s and '70s. He told Harvard Magazine that inflation occurred because "many white professors were unwilling to give C's to Black students, so they also wouldn't give C's to white students...
Both Epps and Whitla have said they disagree with Mansfield's statements on the basis of their own anecdotal evidence. Mansfield, who says his statements are based on personal observations, has said he would like to see grading figures from the time...