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USNA Professor, Two-Star Admiral Clash on Diversity

A Naval Academy alumni event grew contentious last month when a two-star admiral clashed with an academy professor on issues of diversity and admissions standards. Bruce Fleming, an English professor who has taught at the academy for 24 years, said affirmative action and the pursuit of a competitive Division I football team led to the "corruption of the morale of the Naval Academy," in remarks as guest speaker to the Greater Washington Chapter of the Naval Academy Alumni Association. "We'll do anything to get non-white" students, Fleming said, referring to the academy's diversity goals. "You have students who have been let in, basically, only for their athletic ability or for their skin color." Rear Adm. Julius Caesar, a 1977 Naval Academy graduate, took issue with Fleming's sole focus on admissions metrics - what Fleming called "predictors" - and criticized him for not examining whether the academy was producing better officers. Click here to read more.
 
 



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