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E-mails show how donors are considered in Harvard admissions
E-mails show how donors are considered in Harvard admissions
By Deirdre Fernandes GLOBE STAFF OCTOBER 18, 2018
When Harvard University admitted several applicants tied to influential donors in 2013, including one who had promised to pay for a building, the Kennedy School dean fired off an e-mail calling the head of admissions “my hero.”
“Once again you have done wonders. I am simply thrilled by all the folks you were able to admit,” David T. Ellwood, who then headed up the university’s Kennedy School of Government, wrote to William Fitzsimmons, the dean of admissions.
Ellwood lauded Fitzsimmons on “big wins,” including applicants connected to an unnamed donor who “has already committed to a building,” and two others who had “committed major money for fellowships before the decision from you.”
The congratulatory e-mail exchange between university administrators was among several internal documents presented on Wednesday in the trial over Harvard’s admissions practices.
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By Deirdre Fernandes GLOBE STAFF OCTOBER 18, 2018
When Harvard University admitted several applicants tied to influential donors in 2013, including one who had promised to pay for a building, the Kennedy School dean fired off an e-mail calling the head of admissions “my hero.”
“Once again you have done wonders. I am simply thrilled by all the folks you were able to admit,” David T. Ellwood, who then headed up the university’s Kennedy School of Government, wrote to William Fitzsimmons, the dean of admissions.
Ellwood lauded Fitzsimmons on “big wins,” including applicants connected to an unnamed donor who “has already committed to a building,” and two others who had “committed major money for fellowships before the decision from you.”
The congratulatory e-mail exchange between university administrators was among several internal documents presented on Wednesday in the trial over Harvard’s admissions practices.
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Full disclosure: I have some Harvard bed frames, but as for the school....
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