Excerpt from Brown Alumni Monthly, Vol. 88: December, 1987 Editor: The article about the High Cost of Higher Education (bam, Oc tober) clearly exposes a disturbing trend. The philosophy of bilking mid dle-class families to subsidize others is shrouded in the University's commit ment to diversity. Is the University really committed to diversity of mind, intellect, talent, excellence, etc., or is the program of overbilling really aimed at tilting the process to the advantage of minorities and the poor? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.