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Article: Yale's Changed Elite.(Yale University's broadened admission policies)(excerpt from the December 1999 Yale Alumni Magazine)(Brief Article)
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The admission policy changes in the 1960s that converted Yale from an enclave for rich, private-school graduates to a socially broadened institution are related by historian Geoffrey Kabaservice in the Yale Alumni Magazine's December 1999 issue.
Whitney Griswold, Yale president from 1950-1963, had castigated public schools as the "rotten pilings" of education. In his day, Jewish admissions were restricted to 10 percent; the number of black students was negligible; alumni sons dominated the student body. From 1950-1955, Yale admitted seven Bronx High School of Science graduates and 275 from Phillips Andover.
Pressure to admit more bright, even if socially ...