Perspective
Jun. 10, 2010
The New Supreme Court: A Meritocracy of the East
If Elena Kagan is approved, all nine justices will have attended Harvard or Yale, and the Supreme Court will consist of a narrow elite unrepresentative of America, says Denis Binder.
Dr. James B. Conant, a young chemistry professor, was the surprise appointment in 1933 as Harvard's new president. He and Clark Kerr at University of California, Berkeley became the leading figures in transforming American higher education in the 20th century from social class-based elitism to merit-based education open to all classes of Americans.
Conant recognized that Harvard could not survive as a great university by ...
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