你和哈佛的距离，只差一栋楼……亚裔控告哈佛大学招生歧视_公共英语阅读理解

你和哈佛的距离，只差一栋楼……亚裔控告哈佛大学招生歧视

虽然向某些常春藤盟校捐款可以弥补天资上的不足早已不是秘密，但哈佛在录取过程中偏爱大金主的做法最近才被披露出来。这要归功于目前针对哈佛歧视亚裔的一场诉讼。

A 2013 email exchange among Harvard administrators, for example, was presented at the trial on Wednesday.

比如，上周三的庭审中公开了一份2013年校方管理人员之间的邮件往来。

In one email (subject line: “My Hero”), the dean of the university’s Kennedy school of government commends the dean of admissions for doing a great job in extending offers to students with generous parents.

在一封标题名为“我的英雄”的邮件中，哈佛大学肯尼迪政府学院院长称赞招生办负责人（William Fitzsimmons）在招收富裕阶层的子女方面做得很好。

“Once again you have done wonders. I am simply thrilled about the folks you were able to admit,” the email says. “[Redacted] has already committed to a building.” The other people described as “big wins” in the email were connected to donors who had “committed major money for fellowships”.

邮件中说：“你再次创造了奇迹。看到你招进来的这些学生，我简直太开心了。某某位家长已经承诺要捐一栋楼。”邮件中还说，有些“金主”背后的捐赠者还“承诺要捐一大笔奖学金”。

Another email made public in the trial talked about rolling out the red carpet for an applicant whose family had donated $1.1m to Harvard. There is also an email exchange in which a Harvard development officer and an admissions dean discuss how much money they are likely to extract from a candidate. “Going forward, I don’t see a significant opportunity for further major gifts,” the email says. “[Redacted] had an art collection which conceivably could come our way. More probably it will go to [a] museum.”