Tag / Chancellor Mark Wrighton
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Why We’re Sitting in at Wash U (and Why We’re Not Leaving)
I’ve learned many things in my four years at Washington University in St. Louis–not all of them in the classroom. For example, before I became a student at Wash U, I had never heard of Peabody Energy, the world’s largest private sector coal corporation. In St. Louis, Peabody ingratiates itself to the local community by…
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RE: A Message from Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton
BY SONYA SCHOENBERGER AND GABE RUBIN On August 7th, Washington University students awoke to an email with a subject line bound to get their hearts pumping: “A Message from Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton.” Wrighton’s message, published in The Record, came a week after an article in the New York Times singled out Washington University for its low percentage of Pell Grant recipients. The Times article quoted…
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