Franklin College (Yale University)

Franklin College is a residential college for undergraduates of Yale College in New Haven, Connecticut. It is scheduled to open in 2017.

Construction

Benjamin Franklin, namesake of the college

In 2008, Yale University President Rick Levin announced that the college had the resources to educate more students and thus would expand its enrollment by opening two new residential colleges for a total of fourteen.[1] In April 2016, the university announced that the colleges would be named after Pauli Murray and Benjamin Franklin.[2] Franklin was chosen at the behest of Charles B. Johnson, class of 1954, who had made the single largest gift in Yale's history. Johnson saw Franklin as a personal role model and asked for its consideration but did not stipulate that Yale use the name.[3] The naming decision was met with an outcry by students and faculty.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Lewin, Tamar (June 8, 2008). "Yale to Expand Undergraduate Enrollment by 15 Percent". The New York Times. Archived from the original on April 27, 2016. Retrieved April 27, 2016.
  2. ↑ Remnick, Noah (April 27, 2016). "Yale Defies Calls to Rename Calhoun College". The New York Times. Archived from the original on April 27, 2016. Retrieved April 27, 2016.
  3. ↑ Stanley-Becker, Tom (April 27, 2016). "Yale keeps the Calhoun name despite racial concerns, but ditches the ‘master’ title". Washington Post. Retrieved April 27, 2016.
  4. ↑ Shimer, David (April 27, 2016). "Pauli Murray LAW ’65, Benjamin Franklin honored". Yale Daily News. Retrieved April 27, 2016.

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