The ability that well-connected students have to escalate their special housing requests to more senior people at the Office, and the potential sway that donors have when advocating on behalf of a specific student, is troubling. When it comes to children of major donors, it seems that university officials are looking for a reason to say yes, rather than a reason to say no-and apparently this mentality extends beyond admissions. In my article Can You Buy Your Way Into Harvard?, I spoke about the power that donations and influence can have when it comes to helping a student gain admission into an Ivy League or other elite school. Nineteen percent of students at Brown are from the top one percent of income, the highest of any Ivy League except Dartmouth (20%), according to a report by the New York Times. It’s an example of the tragedy of the commons-in this case, the limited resource being better or off-campus housing. Most schools have systems in place for students to ask for preferential housing due to disability or other considerations-but the more students who ask, the less accommodating schools are able to be. The article discusses how well-connected students have leveraged those connections into job opportunities and preferential treatment from the Office of Residential Life, from room changes to permission to live off-campus before senior year.
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However, the President did not directly address allegations in the article that, to me, are far more serious than providing a wealthy alum with logistical support in inviting a select group of students to a series of private dinner parties. Granoff’s charitable efforts (both of which were detailed at length in the initial article). The President of Brown University, Christina Paxson, published a response on Tuesday that slams the piece for having “no data or facts,” and for not talking at greater length about Brown’s support for low- and middle-income students and Mr. In the wake of the story, Brown has discontinued their support for the dinners, but the Granoff Dinners are only a symptom of a larger network of privilege, influence and exclusivity that will continue. These ‘Granoff Dinners’ are not official university events, but the invites are sent out and logistics handled by the university’s Advancement office, and students have leveraged connections made at the dinners to gain better student housing from Brown’s Office of Residential Life. In the article, they discuss the details of exclusive, invite-only dinners held twice a year for a select group of Brown students-largely from wealthy families-invited by alumnus Martin “Marty” Granoff, who not only picks up the $9,000+ dinner tab, but curates the invite list. Because available courses are based on the number of master's students in each teaching program, we cannot guarantee the availability of your course selection.This Sunday, the Providence Journal published an exposé by four student reporters from Ivy League school Brown University, revealing how their school’s administration enabled preferential treatment for students of wealthy and influential parents. Students can register for two classes are able to rank course choices. Regardless of your plans beyond high school, as a BSHS student, you will develop skills and insights valuable to all of your future endeavors! All courses have a focus on equity and justice so that learning is relevant to students’ daily lives.
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