Word: mansfields
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...About Mansfield...
...When Mansfield first announced his change in grading policy, his "backhanded benevolence" was lauded by The Crimson editorial staff and students. Even those who had supported his stubborn refusal to inflate grades praised him for not wanting to penalize the brave students who take his classes...
...when Mansfield further explained his position on grade inflation, tracing lower standards to, among other factors, the increased number of black students admitted to the College in the1970s, many were no longer clapping...
...White professors were unwilling to give black students C's to avoid giving them a rough welcome [in the early 1970s]," Mansfield said. "At the same time they didn't give C's to white students to be fair...
...Mansfield clarified his position, saying that his criticism was of liberal white professors rather than black students themselves, but to the BSA he had already gone...