Nicholas DeWitt. of Indiana University. indicates the unfortunate situation in Soviet universities. Under Soviet rule today only 3.22 percent of the student population is Jewish. This compares with about 10 percent in 1918 within the Pale of Settlement. 5 percent outside the Pale. and 3 percent in St. Petersburg and Moscow. Dr. DeWitt sees strong evidence of the operation of a quota system that has increased the extent of discrimination against Jewish students. He points out. for instance. that between 1935 and 1960 the total number of Soviet students increased by 248 percent whereas the number of Jewish students declined 39 percent. Mr.
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