famous for finally admitting women to the college. he was eager to make yale more inclusive, courting more applicants from public schools. and he slashed legacy admissions by almost half in just one year. disaster. immediate disaster. the alumni revolted. yale graduate william f. buckley jr. lamented that the son of an alumnus now has less chance of getting in from some boy from p.s. 109 somewhere. alumni contribution fell off a cliff. eventually brewster gave in and ever since, no ivy league school has dared to take on the preference for alumni s children. they re terrified what would happen to their fundraising if they got rid of legacy preference. but there are great schools
hell broke loose. kingman brewster was yale s president in the 1960s famous for finally admitting women to the college. he was eager to make yale more inclusive. good morning. courting more applicants from public schools. and he slashed legacy admissions by almost half in just one year. disaster. immediate disaster. the alumni revolted. yale graduate william f. buckley jr. lamented that the son of an alumnus now has less chance of getting in than some boy from p.s. 109 somewhere. alumni contribution just fell off a cliff. eventually, brewster gave in, and ever since, no ivy league school has dared to take on the admissions preference for alumni children. they re terrified what would happen to their fund-raising if they got rid of legacy preference.
college presidents like to talk about meritocracy but in fact they kept key elements of the old aristocracy in place like athletics and legacies. yale was found more than two centuries ago by ten congregational clergymen. when one college president tried to take on legacies, all hell broke loose. kingman brewster was yale s president. he was eager to make yale more inclusive, courting more applicants from public schools. and he slashed legacy admissions by almost half in just one year. disaster. immediate disaster. the alumni revolted. yale graduate william f. buckley jr. lamented that the son of an alumnus now has less chance of