Elite schools like Brown, Dartmouth, and Yale are reintroducing the SAT in admissions to diversify their student bodies. Studies suggest test scores could aid less advantaged students in gaining access. Discussions on using class as a proxy for race to achieve diversity have emerged. Concerns about racial makeup and admissions standards at elite universities have been raised, with debates on meritocracy and affirmative action. The impact of SCOTUS decisions on admissions figures is being closely watched. Critics highlight disparities in admissions policies, such as legacy admissions overshadowing equity efforts.
Colleges that make standardized-test scores optional, or do away with them altogether, harm the disadvantaged applicants they intended to help, David Deming writes. https://t.co/lLX25YCoOy https://t.co/YA1JtUUm4f
They ditched the SAT requirement in the name of "equity" but they will never relinquish legacy admissions. Shows you where their priorities really are. https://t.co/XtB0ahJutj
The conversation about the SCOTUS decision will end with the 2042 admissions figures. If the percentage of black admissions at elite colleges is anything above 5 percent and the percentage of Asian admissions is less than 25 percent, then elite colleges are ignoring SCOTUS. Those… https://t.co/HXV9ozTw21
NYT has interactive graphics on how few blacks and Hispanics would get into elite universities under a meritocratic system. They do simulations to see how far you have to lower the standards or use income preferences to get the desired racial makeup. This is a sick impulse. https://t.co/WhVfaNuyBw
This is one of the biggest dirty secrets of affirmative action at Harvard. As late as the 1980s, Harvard was still making an effort to recruit blacks coming from backgrounds with actual socioeconomic disadvantage, rather than the upper middle-class and largely… https://t.co/ApETIMCegd
Interesting analysis that does not mention that we at SFFA presented scenarios like this one as alternate admissions systems to Harvard’s at trial. Why did Harvard reject it? Because they do not want too many poor students, particularly poor minority students. Don’t believe me?… https://t.co/Muzhb6INtg
When Dartmouth, Yale, and Brown reinstituted standardized testing in admissions, they said it would help them to admit more diverse classes. The NYT explores a few basic models to illustrate how they can use class as a proxy for race to do so. 🧵 https://t.co/eeF7UmjzlA
A new study conducted by Dartmouth College found test scores could have helped less advantaged students gain access to the school. https://t.co/gbaoRoWGXB
Brown, Dartmouth and other elite schools are restoring their use of the SAT in admissions, notes @StepCarter. But why were they so hasty to dump them in the first place? https://t.co/tbuIPk8w1A via @opinion