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Competitiveness Quote by Derek Bok

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“Again and again, universities have put a low priority on the very programs and initiatives that are needed most to increase productivity and competitiveness, improve the quality of government, and overcome the problems of illiteracy, miseducation, and unemployment.”

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I think the minority students that we admit to Harvard are every bit as meritorious as the white students that we admit.

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