Article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/05/us/college-protests-alumni-donations.html?_r=0
Response:
https://www.amherst.edu/amherst-story/president/statements/node/654325
The comments to the NYT article are worth reading also.
I found this most closely reflects my D’s account of the events last fall. She spent time in the library, between classes, got a lot out of it.
https://www.amherst.edu/amherst-story/magazine/issues/2016-summer/home
It’s also in the latest Amherst Magazine.
My Daughter checked out the events last fall too, although she was not a participant. It was nothing nearly as outrageous as it was portrayed in the media.
It’s unfortunate (but not surprising) that some of the older alums would be concerned, given the way it was exaggerated by some.
Why would she mention, coeducation forty years ago? Was it so controversial?
Amherst has gotten so far away from Academics and too much into political correctness, that the reputation of the school has suffered among alumni, academicians and the public at large. Diversity is imortant, but Amherst is an academic center for learning first and foremost. Amherst, get your head back into the game.
@circuitrider yes I think it was.
“Amherst has gotten so far away from Academics and too much into political correctness, that the reputation of the school has suffered among alumni, academicians and the public at large. Diversity is imortant, but Amherst is an academic center for learning first and foremost. Amherst, get your head back into the game.”
Eh, I don’t think so. It’s still a pretty remarkable place. Come on … hyperbole anyone?
I don’t attend but my daughter thinks it’s a pretty amazing place. She has been critical of a couple of professors in her major but she holds the bar high and has a lot of experience to compare the teaching.