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[quote=Anonymous]In the end, this comes down to do you value diversity and do you see it as a threat to meritocracy and/or academic excellence? (Bonus questions: do you see the role of family wealth in this whole process as a similar threat? What about athletics or extracurriculars?) I’m solidly in the pro-diversity camp and I see educational institutions that recognize different kinds of talents and include people whose perspectives and experiences vary as stronger and more intellectually challenging than those that don’t. Harvard’s institutional stake goes beyond academic interests — it seeks power (or access to power) and fame. We live in a culture where well-trainedintelligence is hardly the sole (or even a likely) path to power, fortune, or fame. And Harvard wouldn’t be Harvard if it couldn’t hold out the prospect of proximity to current and future movers and shakers to the people who aspire to study there.[/quote]
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