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Legacies make up 10 to 15 percent of the student body at most Ivy League schools, according to Daniel L. Golden ’78, the Pulitzer Prize-winning education reporter for the Wall Street Journal and author of “The Price of Admission: How America’s Ruling Class Buys Its Way into Elite Colleges—and Who Gets Left Outside the Gates...
...Golden, by contrast, is willing to make that bet. (And it’s an easier bet for him to make, since his room and board aren’t riding on it.) Golden claims that colleges could abolish legacy preference without taking a huge fundraising hit. He notes that “three prestigious private colleges”—Caltech, Cooper Union in New York City, and Berea College in Kentucky—“flourish without preferences for…alumni children...
...Just as Copernicus disproved the medieval notion that the sun revolves around the earth, Caltech disproves the modern dogma that the survival of private education revolves around admissions breaks for the rich,” Golden writes...
...sudden enough for Harvard in Friday’s contest. After fighting for two halves and two overtimes in what looked to become the first Crimson victory of the season, Harvard wound up on the wrong end of a 2-1 score against New Hampshire.The Crimson looked golden, battling hard and dominating the first half. It looked as if destiny was finally shining on Harvard’s previously lackluster performances as senior Aline Brown netted her first collegiate goal, putting the Crimson up just 10 minutes in. Brown maneuvered her way through the chaos in front of the cage...
...this was not part of the pitch. Basic training drilled the killing game into young brains. Teach them to treat the enemy as you would a sniper in Grand Theft Auto. Instill the reflex to fire at a moving target. Foster team spirit with marching songs. Instead of the golden oldie "I don?t know but I been told...," have them sing along with...