【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 s ，wecontributetothestabilityandeffectivene america ， latinos ，andamericanindiaaccountforohirdof ，thereisanongoing backlashagaitaffirmativeactionthatisreadingthroughthe few hundredperyearintheearly’70sto6 ，’s agreatachievement， butitisstillfarfromparity， and improvementwillrequirecontinuedefforts. anotheraectofthequestionofdiversityistheslowincreasein 第 13 頁 共 27 頁 acceleratethattrend 。 themandateisthere ：inthestudentlife survey ，bothmenandwomenatcaltechwantedahigherfractionof womenstudentsoncampus. caltechhasforyearsrecognizedtheneedtofocusoniuesof ，itisanunfinished agenda ，andadifficultoneonlythoughtfulanalysisandmitted effortonthepartoftheentirecampuswillmakeithaen. caltech’ssmallstudentbodymeathattuitionisasmallpartof ，wealreadygivefinancialaidto ， weareina particularlygoodpositiontouseourfinancialresourcestoshape ，weneedtorememberthatfinancialmatters 第 14 頁 共 27 頁 areonlyapartoftheeduation ：wealsomustaskourselveswhether thecampusisweling ，stimulatingandsuortivetoadiverse studentbody. inpaingireferredtocaltechasasmallschool， andthatis ，interesting thingsemergewhenyouask， inwhatseeiscaltechasmall school。 therearemanymantrasecifictothiscampusbutnoneisas pervasiveasthestatement ，caltechisasmallschoolandwantsto staysmall.fromthatshorttheoremmanycorollariesaredrawn.it canbeeanargumentfornottakingnewdirectio， fornot hiringmorefaculty ， fornotaddingtothestudentbody ，forliving withalethancriticalmaoftalentinmanyareasofscience 第 15 頁 共 27 頁 realvaluesofsmallnecollegiality， encouragementof interdisciplinaryefforts ， focusofactivities ， in reality ，caltechisactuallysmallonlyinitsnumbersofstudents schools， ithasthehighestratioofacetofacultyorfederal suorttofacultyorprobablyanyothermeasureoftheamountof facilitiesrunbycaltech， theenormousplantonthecampus，the manytalentedmembersofthestaffwhoarewhollyinvolvedin research ， andthepostdoctoralfellows ，caltechisalotbigger ，there 第 16 頁 共 27 頁 wereeightbuildingsputupthatincreasedthesquarefootageon campusby20percent， whilethebudgetincreasedbyareal32 ，thefacultyincreasedby6percent， butactuallyitwasstillatalowerlevelthanatanearlierpeak. anotheraectofcaltech’ fourtimesthatofcaltechandisgrowing. caltechisnotreallysmall ，itisjustbalanceddifferentlyfrom y maintainingsufficientcontroloverourgrowth 。isitaffectingthe 第 17 頁 共 27 頁 lifeofthecampus。 howcanwesafeguardthevaluesofsmallne。 ， doescaltechsufficientlydevelopthoseaectsofthelivesof its20yearoldundergraduatesthatwillallowthemtobee thoughtful， bala