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
Kids in the country. had you heard of maria ahead of time? the president of berea, lyle rudol rudolphs, please this is the key to its success. no student feels stigmatized because all come from the same economic context. all students are required to work for the college at least ten hours a week. i know some students who looked up free college and found berea. this sounds fake. i was just like, this is a catch. i thought it was a scam, there s no way. but there is awe w way. in 1855, the college was founded to provide education to students excluded from colleges, including women and freed slaves. how do they do it? it now has a $1.2 billion endowment. while ivy league schools still admit the children of wealthy donors and legacies largely for