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...formation of a CEP sub-committee to study admissions policy reflects the need of both faculty and Administration to decide what sort of student the college should try to educate. The crux of the problem of admissions criteria seems to consist of a choice between the proven scholar and the intelligent "all around" man. There is, of course, room for both, but serious disagreement exists as to the desirable mixture of these types in future classes. The exponents of one position, hold, in general, that Harvard is a place for scholarship, and admissions consideration should thus consider academic achievement...
...that it may be too abstract in its consideration. The more mundane problems of assembling a college class--those recognized by Dean Bender but unrecognized by many who do not have to deal with them--cannot be solved by the vote of a faculty committee. Most important, the CEP sub-committee must remember that the objectives of undergraduate education and admissions are not those of graduate preparation for filling its own profession's ranks...
...sub-committee study will extend into next year, Perkins noted. At that time, however, Ford will be able to cut out one of his courses for the year, so that he can return fulltime as Senior Tutor...
According to Bender, the sub-committee will be a general study group which "may come up with some recommendations for consideration by the faculty Committee on Admissions and Scholarships and possibly by the Faculty as a whole...
...professors, and thus the committee will probably be concerned with academic aspects of admissions policy to a very considerable degree. This part of the admissions problem has become increasingly prominent in recent years with the advent of the advanced standing program and was emphasized by the CEP sub-committee on the Teaching of Natural Sciences in its recently approved report...