The point of vaser is that the best education comes when you mix students from all backgrounds. When the child of an investment banker sits in class next to the child of a janitor, the two of them have a learning experience that they could not have amongst people just like themselves. So what do you do if you're vassor and you're trying to protect that idea of what an education is? You have only one option. You tighten your belt as tight as you can. And don't do anything extravagant.
Bowdoin College and Vassar College are two elite private schools that compete for the same students. But one of those schools is trying hard to address the problem of rich and poor in American society—and paying a high price. The other is making that problem worse—and reaping rewards as a result.
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