I am not so sure that I agree with him. While I do not doubt that he had the students' best interests at heart (for example, the way he intervened during the protest over the firing of dining hall worker, Colia Williams), his comments seem to be made in an attempt to not air Yale's dirty laundry.
Look what was (or rather not) happening with the BSAY and concerns about police harassment. The BSAY had met with Brewster and delivered a whole lot of positive ideas on ways to deal with the police brutality black students were experiencing in New Haven. Brewster did not respond to the group. BSAY got his attention by disrupting class at the Yale Law School and continuing their march through New Haven. This doesn't seem at all radical to me. How long should a concerned group (one who has already completed most of the work for you) have to wait to be taken seriously? Police brutality and harassment were life or death issues. Should the group have waited until someone was maimed or killed?
NOW was formed in 1966. While "feminists" were given a bad rap in the press at the time, I'm sure the women in NOW would have brought a lot of pressure to the administration with regard to campus safety discussions, the threat of violence against women on campus, and access to activities.