Did you read the interview with Roth in the May 1 Argus? If you didn’t, go read it. Holy crap.
I’m shtepping nachas from this man. If you’re not kvelling by now, get off your ass and kvell.
“One of the really important aspects of that is that it will allow us to provide more access to people. I think one of the things that I didn’t make clear in my remarks yesterday—I listened to them last night—is exactly where would equality come out in policies. I think access to Wesleyan and access to universities like Wesleyan is a really important issue in the United States and internationally. A university like Wesleyan can’t be a place for only rich people. Need-blind admissions is really very important, but nonetheless the preparation you need to be successful in the admissions process is clearly very biased by class, at least—other things too, but class plays a big role. To have a university like Wesleyan make the contribution to opening up this dream of great education to more talented people who don’t have the advantages of education earlier on—that’s the question.”
Finally, someone with ideas and intelligence, who won’t just mumble the party line or hire 34 more needless deans out of boredom.
PS: Hey Argus, Every day at this school we hear that there’s not enough money for this, not enough money for that. Now you’re printing in color. That’s just not necessary at all. WTF, Argus. WTF.
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