<p>“What’s not so clear to me is how Vanderbilt might be using money as part of this effort. Are they really showering “need based” aid, in amounts as high as $40K, on families making as much as $300K/year, just for being Jewish? Or is some other factor involved? In other words, can any well-qualified Jewish applicant realistically expect to get the same benefit regardless of family income? Or is emilybee’s step-nephew just an isolated, one-off case?”</p>
<p>Tell me - what would you do if you were charged with recruiting a large number of very bright Jewish students (students who could go almost any school they wanted to and where there is already a significant Jewish population) - to attend a school in Nashville, Tennessee? </p>
<p>Personally, I don’t think just building a Hillel Center is going to be a big motivator.</p>