Chapter 21Students and Subjects
The first critical dimension of choice for universities is the range of students to serve and the credentials to offer them. The new university Charles Eliot created served both undergraduate and graduate students, an apparently broad choice that has been widely emulated. Harvard undergraduates, though, are unusual. They are more capable than typical college students. They are also more likely to pursue graduate education; that allows them to be more satisfied with a liberal education rather than technical preparation for a career.
This system worked well at Harvard, thanks largely to A. Lawrence Lowell's special investments in the college. James Conant's predicating tenure on research put the undergraduates ...
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