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The New Gates in Harvard Yard: A Students' Response to the Philanthropist's Call to Action

Mr. Gates, the seniors gathered at Tercentenary Theatre were certainly well-accustomed to excellence and success. But in believing that “reducing inequity is the highest human achievement” Mr. Gates likely found himself with scarce company amid a class that had been cultivated in a collegiate environment oriented toward the achievement of financial success and prestige. Though Mr. Gates is correct in noting that among our peers, recognition of global inequities far exceeds that of previous generations, such knowledge levels have not yet transcended a vague awareness of global disparities in wealth and human rights. It certainly has not yet produced a general consensus that fighting inequity is the greatest form of human achievement. Nor has it compelled undergraduates to believe that, both in their current roles as students and in their lives beyond, they should care more about inequity given how well placed they are to chip away global disparities. Above Dexter Gate, through which students pass on a daily basis en route to their classes within Harvard Yard lies the inscription “Enter to grow in wisdom.” Upon exiting the Yard, students are in turn called to utilize this newly acquired wisdom in “depart[ing] to serve better thy country and thy kind.” Though university mission statements generally call for knowledge generation and the inculcation of social responsibility among student constituents, Gates’ speech highlights the continuing poor performance of elite universities in what Gates deems the most important measure of a modern public institution: impact on social inequity. Despite Gates’ hopeful remarks that we have attained an increased awareness of current social inequities, our experience has strongly suggested that Harvard as well as its peer universities have largely failed to challenge their students to grow in their understanding of and desire to ameliorate the causal roots of poverty and inequality. Knowledge about inequity represents a critical first step in improving ourselves and our institution against Gates’ criteria for two reasons. First, an under-