YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 19, ARMENPRESS. Billionaire businessmen, philanthropist and former Mayor of New York Michael Bloomberg has donated 1,8 billion dollars to the Johns Hopkins University.

“I’m giving $1.8 billion to @JohnsHopkins for financial aid so admissions can be permanently need blind. I want to open the same door of opportunity that I had for generations of talented students, regardless of financial circumstances”, he said on Twitter.

“Here’s a simple idea I bet most Americans agree with: No qualified high school student should ever be barred entrance to a college based on his or her family’s bank account. Yet it happens all the time.

When colleges review applications, all but a few consider a student’s ability to pay. As a result, high-achieving applicants from low- and middle-income families are routinely denied seats that are saved for students whose families have deeper pockets”, he further said in a New York Times op-ed.

Edited and translated by Stepan Kocharyan