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...misleading. Regardless of the accuracy of these statements, the idea that the words of a few individuals, taken out of context, properly portray Harvard’s athletes shows a lack of integrity. The blatant disdain Smith and his ilk have shown for “under-qualified athletic recruits?? is the source of embittered statements by individual athletes, which don’t portray the sentiment of Harvard’s athletes at large...
...starts sending letters or e-mails to black recruits telling them that “School X” is unfriendly to minority coaches, whereas another school on the recruits?? list, “School Y”, has been known to give minorities a fair shot in hiring, and has in fact hired black coaches, there stands the possibility that dozens of athletic recruits could avoid School...
Athletic recruiting by elite schools has recently come under scrutiny in the national media following a book co-authored by former Princeton president William G. Bowen, The Game of Life, which claimed that high school applicants classified as “athletic recruits?? often enjoy a substantial advantage in admissions...
...behest of Ivy League presidents, the league’s athletic directors are considering broad transformations to the athletic recruiting process. But one of the proposals being studied by the athletic directors—decreasing the number of athletic recruits??would be an unnecessary mistake and would endanger many of Harvard’s quality athletic programs. On the other hand, raising the minimum standard under which recruits are admitted—a proposal mentioned by Harvard Director of Athletics Robert L. Scalise in a recent interview—would be a sound and prudent move...