<p>This p’isses me off more than a little bit. Because of commitment to poors–making privatization not an option–we’re seeing an exodus of faculty to Ivies. Not to mention the student protests for a half-billion dollar multicultural center that would further suck dry the endowment. If this fund raiser doesn’t succeed and more faculty leave, eventually Berkeley’s name is going to be all that’s going for it, because it’ll be no different from your local TTT state school.</p>
<p>Solution: privatize, get more money and corporate sponsors, then afford a better financial aid program. This haughty morality is killing Berkeley and driving away the most talented students and faculty; they’ll go to ivies, and Berkeley will continue to get the bottom rung. The article reveals a bitter reality that Birgineau’s moral philosophy will not maintain Berkeley as a school of elite education with prominent faculty. Instead, it will drive away talented students and faculty, and send Berkeley to TTTdom.</p>