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elements of the business community might push for accelerated depreciation schedules in tax policy and

what is the cumulative effect of rule changes governing the amendment process. However, I also ask them

to step back and to draw lessons from the specific case studies in order to say something about the nature of

democratic decision-making. While many students tend to be good at one or the other, ________ excels at

both. She is well on her way to graduate level thinking and evaluation.

The other course in which she is enrolled is co-taught with three professors. ________ of the Politics

Department and _______ of the History Department and I conceived of a graduate style seminar where we

are as much participants as instructors in an examination of Alexis de Tocqueville’s Democracy in America.

This is a year-long course where we spend the first half reading and analyzing the text. The spring

semester is devoted to bringing guest scholars in both history and political science, who are completing

works on Tocqueville. These guests will serve as models of scholarship for our students and give our

students more resources and expertise to pursue a final research project. We accepted applications for this

course and only admitted fifteen of the best students from the two departments. Even with this formidable

group of peers, ________’s work shines. In the first writing assignment, based upon the first 200 pages of

the text, we asked the students to identify a central puzzle that animates Democracy in America. Most of

the students wrote competent essays, but ________ really got to the heart of Tocqueville’s problem and

concern for preserving liberty given the dangers of democracy and equality.

In sum, I highly recommend ________ for the Rhodes Scholarship. I believe her proposed course of study

is suitable and builds on her many strengths. Her animating spirit and disciplined approach to learning

make her particularly well suited to take advantage of this opportunity.

Thank you for your time.

Sincerely,

Assistant Professor

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