Word: riesmans
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...interview last week, Riesman acknowledged that the reaction against strict academic standards has died down in the post-Cambodia political quiet...
...Riesman himself was heavily involved as an undergraduate in extra-curricular activities. He was a Crimson executive, speakers chairman for the Liberal Club, and "I went to a lot of debutante parties...
Since Cambodia, Riesman said, "actions have changed, but not perceptions." He asserts that the economic downturn has increased the number of studious potential doctors and lawyers, but that grades have not been accepted by students as sources of personal validations...
...late 1960s, some young people torn between competing values, between striving for meritocratic success and fearing both success and failure, became leaders of the contrameritocracy, even in some cases calling for open admission to Harvard College," Riesman noted...
...bitter competition which has accompanied the rise of egalitarian meritocracy has claimed many Harvard casualties, Riesman said. "The spin Harvard puts on those it validates is terrific, but the price is the casualties of the competitive process," he added. Riesman acknowledges a conflict between the admissions process valuing non-academic strengths, and the objective criteria holding sway in the contemporary Harvard environment...