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Last week, 32 young Americans won Rhodes Scholarships. Their tenures at Oxford are funded by the legacy of the British imperialist Cecil Rhodes, a man whose life would not be honored today were it not for his scholarships—and specifically his vision that young people of outstanding intellect...
But in the ’80s, the pattern of career choices began to change. Until then, even though business ambitions and management degrees have not been disfavored in our competition, business careers attracted relatively few Rhodes Scholars, and it was the rare scholar who went to Wall Street or...
For over a century Rhodes Scholars have left Oxford to begin their careers. Given their records, virtually any jobs have been available to them. For most of that history, they have overwhelmingly chosen paths in scholarship, teaching, writing, medicine, scientific research, law, and military and public service. They have reached...
According to the Rhodes Trust Web site, the criteria used for selecting Scholars are “literary and scholastic attainments, energy to use one’s talents to the full, truth, courage, devotion to duty, sympathy for and protection of the weak, kindliness, unselfishness and fellowship, moral force...
An earlier version of the Nov. 23 news article "Rhodes Recipients Named" incorrectly stated that Jean A. Junior ’09 graduated from Leverett House. In fact, Junior lived in Lowell House.