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...marginalizing the Review.Freedman is not a “namby-pamby.” Nor was Derek C. Bok, an articulate leader of this University and of American higher education for 20 years. Other admirable leaders in the recent past include Vartan Gregorian at Brown University, William G. Bowen at Princeton University, Nannerl O. Keohane at Duke University, and Charles M. Vest at MIT. Nor is there a dearth of impressive leaders today: Leon Botstein of Bard University has been a vigorous spokesperson on a variety of issues for many years, and Shirley M. Tilghman has already put a distinctive...
...American Association of University Professors, an organization of roughly 45,000 faculty and research scholars, has sharply criticized the rising salaries of university presidents. Roger W. Bowen, general secretary of the association, said that corporate board members were to blame for exorbitant salaries paid to university presidents...
...Bowen added, “If Mr. Summers is not donating a significant portion of his salary back to faculty development and student scholarship funds, then I say shame...
...athletes in the college admissions process, write, “Athletes are more likely than others to be highly competitive, gregarious and confident of their ability to work well in groups (on teams).” This statement, which is attributed to former President of Princeton University William G. Bowen, should not be seen as an overarching rule without exceptions, but as a stereotype that may or may not apply to Harvard athletes. And in my short time at the College, varsity athletes’ participation in classes and comments in private conversations have made me a believer...
What is important to note in Bowen and Bok’s argument in their choice of vocabulary. The idea isn’t to assemble an entering class with a variety of racial identities, but rather with “a wide diversity of backgrounds, experiences, and talents.” The first two of these three characteristics are certainly shaped by race, but they are not encapsulated by it. Rather, it’s an applicant’s background—in the broadest sense—with which the admissions process ought to be concerned...