As many as 3-5% of admitted students at these elite Universities were under-qualified and over-privileged, given spots to leverage fundraising.
Lots of these schools barely have 5% Black students and TT faculty. #AcademicChatter #highereducation #highered
Lots of these schools barely have 5% Black students and TT faculty. #AcademicChatter #highereducation #highered
https://twitter.com/dukechronicle/status/1480584653559898114
The other 15 universities in the lawsuit are @Brown, Cal Tech, Chicago, Columbia, Cornell, #Dartmouth, Emory, Georgetown, #MIT, #Northwestern, Notre Dame, Penn, Rice, Vanderbilt and #Yale.
Perhaps economically challenged superstar students will take their talents elsewhere.
Perhaps economically challenged superstar students will take their talents elsewhere.
I have *never* believed the racial #AffirmativeAction hype they tried to sell—that these alumni admits and full pay, overprivileged AA kids were smarter than we were. Please. Years of teaching affirm that under-resourced students can be so much smarter and more interesting too.
AA means affirmative action here NOT African American.
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