<p>" ... Yale may have wooed Euan, Blair's oldest son, away from schools with stronger programs in international affairs - Harvard and Princeton - by offering more money. The Blairs own several properties, including a London townhouse, and may be short on cash..."</p>
<p>Isn't this old news? No one on the Harvard thread is reminded of how Bush's dog walker/umbrella holder was admitted to HBS without an undergraduate degree.</p>
<p>I think scottie - the Princeton troll - was kind enough to post the Bush-related story on the Harvard site!</p>
<p>This is the first acknowledgement by Yale that the Blair kid will be in New Haven this fall, and that he will be getting basically a full ride.</p>
<p>better check your records, harvard troll: i've never created a single thread outside of my "home" forum.</p>
<p>edit: here's the thread, by the way:</p>
<p>I can't really say which one is worse. Either way, it's very unattractive that the top schools still have to do these kinds of things so that the rich and famous will jump on board.</p>
<p>I've seen posts from others that indicated that none of the Ivies give merit aid yet this article states that the Blair kid received merit aid. What's up with this? Does the non-merit aid rule only apply to undergrad?</p>
<p>Grad students - in certain fields, at least - often get stipends; and the top students often get competing offers. You'd have to say that, in many cases, it is indeed "merit-based."</p>
<p>Eh, every school takes celebrities and tries to get them to come. Waah.</p>
<p>I am sure Yale is angling for Blair at commencement after Brown takes over!</p>
<p>Perhaps they may have a greater need than a commencement speaker. Levin has already served longer than university presidents usually serve these days.</p>
<p>That is a very interesting thought, Byerly...</p>
<p>What? They don't want GWB post-White House?</p>
<p>Funny, Blair (in his Wilsonian demeanor) always struck me as more of a Princeton man.</p>
<p>Kind of an insult to Princeton ... and to Blair - I doubt he is anywhere near the snob and racial bigot that Wilson was.</p>
<p>I meant more precisely in terms of speech and foreign policy. In addition, Both Wilson and Blair model(led) themselves on Gladstone, which accounts for many of their ideational similarities.</p>
<p>We would have to eschew a lot of historical comparison were it necessary a contemporary figure be racist in order to be judged similar to someone from a period in which racism was widespread.</p>
<p>Wilson's racism was particularly harsh and substantially exceeded the norm - at least in higher education outside the deep south. By his words and actions, probably the most notorious bigot to occupy the White House - with the possible exception of Andrew Jackson.</p>
<p>Um, Nixon?</p>
<p>and here I thought Bush was the one who hated black people.</p>
<p>I'm still contending Nixon was worse.</p>
<p>Contend all you want. Wilson set the civil rights movement back 20 years.</p>