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[quote=Anonymous]Amherst has been at the leading edge of this stuff for many decades.
Banned fraternities in the 80s because they were resistant to gender integration
By late 80s, would give applicants of color free trip to western mass to visit on a special recruiter or admitted students of color weekend (I had several friends that chose Amherst because of this)
Substantially expanded minority recruitment and financial aid over the years
My alumni report indicated that last years class was majority students of color and had something like 30-40% first generation students

So I’m not surprised they did this, but I’m a teeny bit bummed my kids will get no preference over the other UMC white kids from DMV whose parents went to Harvard or Williams or Stanford or whatever….
But then also I remember the legacy kids being some of the most irritating at Amherst
I do wonder how it will impact alumni donations.  I give every year but I often wonder why and whether my money should instead go to a non profit that helps kids in low performing school districts or something.  I agree in principal with Amherst’s decision to prioritize giving an education to kids that otherwise might not get such a good one….but I also wonder if that same rationale should apply to my donation dollars.  These small schools have something of a “we are family” feeling and if Amherst is saying they are not going to give that any weight, alumns might also feel that they aren’t going to privilege Amherst over other institutions looking for donations.[/quote]

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