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<h1><b><font size=6 face=Verdana><span lang=EN style='font-size:24.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>News from the schools</span></font></b></h1>
<p class=info><font size=3 face=Verdana><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>Feb 14th 2007<br>
>From <em><i><font face=Verdana><span style='font-family:Verdana'>The Economist</span></font></i></em>
print edition</span></font></p>
<p><a name="general_admission"></a><strong><b><font size=3 face=Verdana><span
lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>General admission</span></font></b></strong></p>
<p><font size=3 face=Verdana><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
Verdana'>Controversy is brewing at <strong><b><font face=Verdana><span
style='font-family:Verdana'>Harvard Business School</span></font></b></strong>
over one of its alumni. Gabriel Ashkenazi graduated from HBS’s eight-week-long
Advanced Management Programme in 2004. Recently appointed head of the Israel
Defence Forces (IDF), General Ashkenazi has been accused by some on campus of
overseeing human rights abuses during Israel’s occupation of southern
Lebanon. The general, who is portrayed as a moderate in Israel’s press,
has not been charged with wrongdoing in Israel or abroad. But that hasn’t
stopped activists from questioning HBS’s admissions standards (the
alleged abuses occurred before Mr Ashkenazi came to Harvard). </span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face=Verdana><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
Verdana'>The disagreement raises interesting questions over how schools make
their admissions decisions. Sandy Kreisberg, an admissions consultant who
follows HBS closely, thinks schools should avoid giving politically-motivated
groups any sway over their decisions. “It would mean second-guessing
military admits from scores of countries, including America,” said Mr
Kreisberg.</span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face=Verdana><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
Verdana'>Harvard’s Ivy League rival, <strong><b><font face=Verdana><span
style='font-family:Verdana'>Yale University</span></font></b></strong>,
provides a cautionary tale. The school faced an uproar last year when it was
revealed that a former Taliban spokesman, Sayed Rahmatullah Hashemi, had been
admitted to a non-degree programme. Conservatives in the <em><i><font
face=Verdana><span style='font-family:Verdana'>Wall Street Journal</span></font></i></em>
and on cable news shows hauled Yale over the coals, and one alumnus launched a
campaign to cut off donations to the school. In July 2006 Mr
Rahmatullah’s application to one of Yale’s degree-granting
programmes was rejected.</span></font></p>
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