Kenyon in the News

Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid Jennifer Britz is mentioned in the November 19 Chronicle of Higher Education in a story about Lloyd Thacker, a former high-school counselor who has set out to undo the commercialization of higher education. He commissioned, edited, and published College Unranked: Affirming Educational Values in College Admissions, a collection of essays by counselors, deans, and college presidents about what ails the admissions system. Thacker dazzled attendees at an admissions conference in 1998, including Britz. She sat across from him on the plane ride home and, according to the Chronicle, she said, "Thacker, you need to write a book." She then pulled out a legal pad and took notes as he spoke. Miles above the Western landscape, reports the Chronicle, his book was born.