The improvements made to the College serve the mission of the College “to advance scholarship and creative work that brings innovation, [and] depth” but fall short of promoting diversity and making the College an accessible institution. Kirstin Valdez Quade, in her essay Youth From Every Quarter, argues that “it’s a worthy, essential claim to seek “youth from every quarter.” Institutions and individuals have a responsibility to work against centuries of structural inequality.”
There is little reason to be proud of any high ranking program offered by the College when that program is walled off from those who do not have the means to pay its hefty price.
In the wake of the recent piece published in the Beacon about forming a student union, the SGA felt it was time to make use of the Executive Blog for the first time. We hope this space will be a place to clarify and inform the student body of our position on a number of issues pertaining to the Emerson community.
