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Shattuck attributes some of Harvard's political success to the University's traditional emphasis on pursuing legislative advancement of education. But he also gives President Bok credit for the unusual amount of personal interest he has shown in the realm of public policy. He says Bok's leadership has been especially welcomed by educators and legislators because he has refused to support only the cause of private or Ivy League schools, choosing instead to fight for higher education as a whole...
Klitgaard then proceeds to deal with the problems raised in attempts to meet whatever objectives are chosen for an admissions policy. The central problem is how universities can, with "incomplete and imperfect" information, select the best candidates to meet those objectives. Klitgaard utilizes the vast realm of literature on the various factors aiding prediction both of academic success in universities and of later-life success: grades, standardized tests, interviews, letters of recommendation, intelligence tests, and the like. He closes with a chapter on preferential admissions for minorities, the topic that inflamed the campus five years...
...answer most people give is that astrology is "unscientific." That would seem to put it in a league with poetry, fiction and history. But calling something "unscientific" implies either that it can be disproved scientifically-- which is not true of astrology--or that anything outside the realm of science is not worthy of serious attention...
...Beatles, on their first visit to the U.S., were asked what they wanted to see, No. 1 on their list was the Apollo. But after blacks broke into the mainstream and could play larger houses for larger fees, the Apollo declined. In 1976 it closed and lapsed into the realm of remembrance, like vaudeville at the Palace or P.T. Barnum's extravaganzas at the Hippodrome. Now it has been opened again by black businessmen, led by former Manhattan Borough President Percy Sutton, who plan to install a state-of-the-art video center so the shows can be recorded...
...politically organizations for a student to join, many have become so polarized that often only the most radical, rabid people join them. At Harvard, even the most conservative liberal is called a Bolshevik is called a fascist. For those who seek a more neutral atmosphere in the realm of student government, just as much conflict awaits...