<p>W & L has been trying recently to improve their ethnic and other diversity. They’ve begun inviting Jews to campus as well. W & L has a long history of association with their Confederate legacy and they’re trying to change that image. Robert E. Lee and his family are buried beneath the school chapel, and after quite a few requests from members of the Black student body the school has moved to make some changes in the chapel and to express regret for their one-time ownership of slaves. </p>
<p><a href=“http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/washington-and-lee-university-to-remove-confederate-flags-following-protests/2014/07/08/e219e580-06bb-11e4-8a6a-19355c7e870a_story.html”>http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/washington-and-lee-university-to-remove-confederate-flags-following-protests/2014/07/08/e219e580-06bb-11e4-8a6a-19355c7e870a_story.html</a></p>
<p>W & L’s student body may be more conservative than many others, and it’s not clear how these changes will affect applications or alumni giving. Recently, W&L received a $50 million dollar gift that has enabled them to recruit students from all over the country with high stats. Just how much anti-Asian, anti-semitic, anti-Black, or other prejudice one would experience there, compared to other schools, I don’t have any way of knowing.</p>