Derek Bok’s comments add pressure on Ivy League to remove preferences for alumni, donors and athletes
Elite US universities should scrap their policy of offering preferential admissions to the “legacy” children of alumni, as well as to athletes and the families of donors and faculty, according to Harvard’s former president. Derek Bok, Harvard’s longest-serving living president, who ran the university from 1971 to 1991 and again from 2006 to 2007, told the Financial Times: “Letting in people because their parents are rich and might make a substantial contribution is wrong.
He said he was unconvinced that abolition would weaken fundraising efforts, but in any case “there comes a moment when it becomes more important to do the right thing”. In his book, he describes his frustrations while running Harvard to reduce the influence of sports across US universities, which he argues allows in less academically strong students, distracts them from their studies and costs colleges money that could be better spent on improving their academic performance.
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