Merit, Academic Freedom, Scholarship and Culture: Harvard University, 1969-2019

The article intends to identify reasons for decline of merit-based admissions at Harvard University like most of other universities of the U.S. Topics discussed include study conducted to observe working and succession pattern during 1969 and 2019, definitive ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court on th...

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Main Author: Seaver, George A. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Institute for Interdisciplinary Research [2020]
In: Journal of interdisciplinary studies
Year: 2020, Volume: 32, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 153-178
IxTheo Classification:KBQ North America
ZA Social sciences
ZB Sociology
ZF Education
Further subjects:B UNIVERSITIES & colleges
B Academic Freedom
B United States
B University & college admission
B Asian students
B Harvard University
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Summary:The article intends to identify reasons for decline of merit-based admissions at Harvard University like most of other universities of the U.S. Topics discussed include study conducted to observe working and succession pattern during 1969 and 2019, definitive ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court on the appeal of the Asian student lawsuit and impact of growing financial dependence and contradictory professorial and departmental policies regarding academic freedom on universities.
ISSN:2766-0508
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of interdisciplinary studies
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.5840/jis2020321/29