A Fighter for Colleges that has Everything but Status

Lauren Pope, who is 96, grew up in northern Virginia, a Democrat in a family he describes as “hard-core Republican.” Mr. Pope was an editor at Washington newspapers and a local radio station and an education editor at the New york Times. He advocates colleges that accept a broad range of students, not just the top academic performers and argues that colleges with fewer than 3,000 students offer the best educational experience because students will have more opportunities to get to know professors well, both inside and outside the classroom. “I’ve got egalitarian instincts, and that’s why I’m opposed to the elite schools’ status and prestige,” Mr. Pope said. Read the document here