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Outdoor plaza ready
just in time for finals, Commencement
Thanks to the near-superhuman efforts of Yale’s finest construction contractors,
the grand re-opening of Woolsey Plaza
took place in late spring, mere months after the scheduled completion date of September
’04. Note to returning sophomores: it is actually possible to walk directly
from Cross Campus to Commons without getting a scenic tour of the front of Silliman
College. We promise.
Prospective teachers to receive free education;
subsequent gunshot wounds optional
Starting in 2006, Yale will offer a master’s program in Urban Education
Studies, which will funnel high-caliber teachers into New
Haven’s public school system. The University will fund
up to 10 Urban Teaching Fellowships each year for the 14-month program, which
combines graduate coursework with Connecticut’s
secondary school credentialing process. Recipients of the fellowships will
agree to teach for three years in New Haven
following completion of the program. Sources failed to specify whether or not
the Yale Health Plan would cover injuries sustained during the contracted three
years of teaching.
University’s goal is to send all its students
somewhere else...
Three years ago, all of Yale’s summer school opportunities were in New
Haven. Since then, summer options have expanded to
include eight cities around the globe, and the number of spots to study or work
internationally under the Yale umbrella has grown to 725, according to Yale
College Dean Peter Salovey. In its quest to provide every student the
opportunity to spend time abroad, the University now offers grant money to
those on financial aid for summer study and internships. One wonders if the irony
has yet struck admissions officials, who spend significant amounts of money to
get students from all over the world to come to Yale – only to then spend yet
more money sending them elsewhere.
... And to bring in powerful nonstudents
instead.
Lest the potential Rhodes scholars among us get too cocky about their achievements,
President Levin has announced the list of 2005 World Fellows, influential
leaders from around the globe who will participate in a 17-week leadership seminar
taught by some of Yale’s top faculty, attend any other classes they wish, and
gain access to politicians in both New York and D.C. If these 18 world-changers
(including the Bahaman superintendent of Police and the Vice President of the
largest conglomerate in South Korea)
are who the University thinks of as international students, no wonder its
financial aid policies only recently changed to reflect the fact that not all
international students are rich and powerful.
Admissions guru jumps ship, switches
coasts
Just months after the admissions and financial aid department reevaluated several
of its policies and had a record-high 72% yield on its offers of admission,
department dean Richard Shaw is leaving Yale to take the same position at
Stanford University. He will now be at least in the same time zone as his wife
and children, who will be attending school in Arizona.
This correspondent thinks the recent initiatives Shaw led indicate a strong
finish to his 13 years here. Besides, who can blame the man for leaving the
northeast to move to California?
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The Yale Free Press
