The Real College Admissions Scandal
As the Supreme Court prepares to hear another case about the problems with affirmative action, it’s worth considering the factor that really provides applicants an unfair advantage: private schools.
White Supremacy Was on Trial at Washington and Lee University. It Won.
Not Unmindful’s own Brandon Hasbrouck, an assistant professor of law at the School of Law, writes for Slate. Professor Habrouck opens the article with a brief summation of history, unadulterated and not wrapped in any mythmaking before getting to the main point of the article, as the title summarizes.
Opinion: What Washington and Lee has embraced
In an op-ed in the Washington Post in reaction to the announcement by the board of trustees, Colbert I. King lays out the answer to this question very clearly.
How Does a College Decide Whether to Change Its Name?
The Chronicle of Higher Education poses this question in an article by Sarah Brown talking about our situation along side that of Dixie State University in Utah…
New Alumni Survey
The name change decision Building and symbol changes Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion (DEI) changes An…
Rennard: Disheartened W&L kept its name
In a piece in the Roanoke Times, 2007 alumnus, Mike Rennard reacts to the decision.
View: Will W&L be called Univ. of Confederacy?
In a letter to the editor in the Richmond Times Dispatch, Bill Melton, ’74U (and member of Not Unmindful) poses this very question. Lots of good stuff here.
BizJournals: Washington and Lee rejects effort to change name, vows to break from Confederate past
Business Journals reponds to the announcement of the decision to retain the name (warning: paywalled)
Instant Reactions to the Announcement from the Papers of Record
Here is the Washington Post’s article on the announcement (First out of the gate). It is followed by that of the New York Times
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