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		jessriedel on Jan 10, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why Caltech Is in a Class by Itself The author clearly has an axe to grind. I suggest just skipping the introductory paragraph and concentrating on the main claim: the pursuit of non-academic diversity has a major negative impact on the academic quality of most major research universities in the US, but CalTech is rare in resisting this.

Alex3917 on Jan 10, 2011 [–]

"The pursuit of non-academic diversity has a major negative impact on the academic quality of most major research universities in the US"

I haven't read the book these claims are based on, but a Harvard professor wrote what looks like a pretty thorough debunking here:

http://www.row2k.com/features/print_feature.cfm?id=82&ty...

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