In Response to: Administration and Policy [6]

I write to make a modest proposal: I have felt for some time that Princeton and other great universities should use substantial portions of their endowments to establish a partnership program with colleges and universities that primarily serve disadvantaged students.

While Princeton’s efforts at diversity and outreach are laudable, they are not enough. I urge the trustees to consider establishing programs that would allow others to share in the bounty with which Princeton has been blessed. For example:

I come at this almost assuredly naively, and I am certain there are a multitude of difficulties to overcome to make something like this work. (What a great thesis project.) But why not try? I hope other alums will support this idea.