In two earlier postings - in advance of the Supreme Court's hearing of the Harvard and University of North Carolina admissions cases - we posted audios about the history of college admissions standards in the twentieth century, especially at Columbia and Princeton. Those Gatecrashers audios dealt with actual and de facto quotas on Jewish students as more of the sons of immigrants applied to Ivy League schools.* One college that had relatively few Jewish students (although it had quotas) was Dartmouth. Part of the explanation was its rural, isolated environment. But those who went to Dartmouth became enthusiastic supporters as alumni. Here is the story:
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Click on the link below to hear the text above and the Gatecrashers audio (with extraneous announcements edited out):
https://ia601402.us.archive.org/25/items/big-ten/dartmouth%20combined.mp3
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*http://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/2022/09/admissions-history-you-didnt-know-about.html and http://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/2022/09/admissions-audio-history-you-didnt-know.html.
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