Why 'Everyone Hates the Ivy League
Hopefully the article is no longer behind a paywall. The gist of it was that Yale set out to do an internal review of their admissions and educational experience, including their faculty's political leanings. A few of the findings and recommendations were:
"The committee urged more clarity in an admissions process they characterized as opaque, complicated and not clearly based on merit. "The absence of any clear academic standard is difficult to reconcile with a mission built on academic excellence," the report stated.
The committee recommends establishing and publicizing a minimum SAT score or a Yale-specific entrance exam to ensure no students are admitted without the requisite academic preparation and ability"
" The group suggested Yale reduce the "major remaining categories associated with admission preferences": legacies (the offspring of alumni), varsity athletes and the children of faculty, staff and donors."
"The committee addressed concerns that Yale is perceived as an intellectual echo chamber, a criticism leveled at many universities and academic disciplines. Registered Democrats outnumber Republicans 36 to one across top schools within Yale, according to one estimate cited in the report."
It would be interesting to see what kind of changes they end up making with their admissions and faculty hiring processes. My suspicion is that, if donations start to wane, they will certainly go back to admitting legacies over more academically qualified non-legacy kids. And the Left has such a strong hold on academia that I doubt they even really care that Democrats outnumber Republicans 36 to 1, nor the fact that reverse discrimination occurs in these schools.
Is this the start of something new, or just a preemptive move should Yale be sued for violating the recent (albeit unclear) Supreme Court ruling on college admissions?
Hopefully the article is no longer behind a paywall. The gist of it was that Yale set out to do an internal review of their admissions and educational experience, including their faculty's political leanings. A few of the findings and recommendations were:
"The committee urged more clarity in an admissions process they characterized as opaque, complicated and not clearly based on merit. "The absence of any clear academic standard is difficult to reconcile with a mission built on academic excellence," the report stated.
The committee recommends establishing and publicizing a minimum SAT score or a Yale-specific entrance exam to ensure no students are admitted without the requisite academic preparation and ability"
" The group suggested Yale reduce the "major remaining categories associated with admission preferences": legacies (the offspring of alumni), varsity athletes and the children of faculty, staff and donors."
"The committee addressed concerns that Yale is perceived as an intellectual echo chamber, a criticism leveled at many universities and academic disciplines. Registered Democrats outnumber Republicans 36 to one across top schools within Yale, according to one estimate cited in the report."
It would be interesting to see what kind of changes they end up making with their admissions and faculty hiring processes. My suspicion is that, if donations start to wane, they will certainly go back to admitting legacies over more academically qualified non-legacy kids. And the Left has such a strong hold on academia that I doubt they even really care that Democrats outnumber Republicans 36 to 1, nor the fact that reverse discrimination occurs in these schools.
Is this the start of something new, or just a preemptive move should Yale be sued for violating the recent (albeit unclear) Supreme Court ruling on college admissions?
