But there are losers at Harvard. The blacks and hispanics who are not well prepared would do better at a less competitive school. At Harvard they struggle and even though the professors grade them 'gently' many of them still flunk. Had they gone to a more appropriate school they might have excelled.
The minority students also flock very disproportionately to easier subjects such as “Afro-American Studies” etc. and avoid disproportionately the tough subjects such as STEM etc.
When Cornel West was teaching at Harvard one of the controversies was that then-President Larry Summers thought that giving “easy As” was not worthy of the rank of a “University Professor” (Cornel West had been one of only 20 or so out of 1,000 profs given that highest designation with the best salary and benefits). West was so outraged at liberal Summers urging him to raise his academic standards that West angrily departed...... for Princeton, where he was recruited and welcomed with open arms by a more servile Leftard administration.
>>At Harvard they struggle
No, they don’t. That’s a myth. Grade inflation at Harvard and elsewhere is so pervasive that almost everyone graduates with honors. Getting HIGH honors at these schools is very tough, but not passing.
He knew his "protegees" were miserable and flunking out after a semester or two, but he actually didn't care because his obscene financial rewards were based on their personal pain and academic failure.
What a pig he was. I rarely hate people, but I hate him even now.