Commission Created Here To Aid Civil Rights Cause

Commission Created Here To Aid Civil Rights Cause

A commission to study what the college can do to further Civil Rights has been created in the wake of the assassination of MLK. The commission will be made up of members of the administration, faculty, and members of the student body. The issues that the commission plans to focus on include the curriculum, admissions, a "special education" program for those coming from "disadvantaged" backgrounds, and alumni mentorship.

Volume 63, Number 21

Jim Spencer

The Campus

4/18/1968

Jim Spencer

"Admissions requirements for Negro students will be one of the major problems facing the commission. Middlebury would like to take all qualified students and in effect be 'colorblind,' said O'Brien, but he noted that the education gap of the 'disadvantaged' student coming from a 'second rate educational background,' tends to make the students look less qualified than one coming from a better educational background."

"As of last fall, Middlebury had 21 Black students, according to a statement sent to the department of Health, Education, and Welfare."