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...most classic statement of that hope was captured in former President Nathan M. Pusey's challenge to Harvard to produce men and women who would add distinction to the life of the world. He wanted students who were trained in critical thinking skills, positive in outlook, and capable of creating and sustaining a more civilized society--starting, of course, with themselves. Their true quality would come from cultivating sensibility, taste and judgment...
...Pusey's views originated in Harvard's modern period. President A. Lawrence Lowell, who began that period as Harvard President in 1909, insisted on cultivating a Jeffersonian aristocracy of merit. Lowell's Harvard pursued high academic standards and had cosmopolitan aims; but had little racial diversity. It was Lowell who gave us the collegiate institutions to help us forge a common experience, break down class and regional divisions and work harmoniously within a faculty-driven culture...
After Conant's tenure, Pusey extended the Lowell principles through attention to the individual and the importance of academic freedom as the essential component of a first-rate university. Pusey hoped the College would produce students...
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President Derek Bok, who succeeded Pusey, was the first president to address the complex issue of modern race relations as they existed at Harvard. He dealt forthrightly with the nettle-some issues of diversity we face today. He led Harvard when race relations was the dominant issue on campus, largely because the number of students of color had grown significantly. Moreover, he, like Lowell before him, had to decide how to orchestrate a response to a potentially divisive social issue. In addition, he presided over efforts to make the curriculum more inclusive, through the strengthening of an Afro-American Studies...