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Justice Dept said it will investigate how race influences admissions at Harvard
Posted on 8/6/17 at 2:22 pm
Posted on 8/6/17 at 2:22 pm
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Ivy League Schools Brace for Scrutiny of Race in Admissions
Top colleges are bracing for a new round of scrutiny over affirmative action after the Justice Department said it will investigate how race influences admissions at Harvard University.
by Collin Binkley
Aug. 6, 2017
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — A Justice Department inquiry into how race influences admissions at Harvard University has left selective colleges bracing for new scrutiny of practices that have helped boost diversity levels to new highs across the Ivy League.
Harvard and other top-tier colleges closely guard the inner workings of their admissions offices, but they defend approaches that consider an applicant's race among other factors as a way to bring a diverse mix of perspectives to campus. While the schools believe they are on firm legal ground, experts say the investigation could inspire new challenges.
"They're pulling the scab off a wound that was healing," said Anthony Carnevale, who has studied affirmative action programs and leads Georgetown University's Center for Education and the Workforce. "This could erupt in a bunch more cases."
At the eight Ivy League colleges including Harvard, Yale and Princeton, the number of U.S. minority students in all incoming classes grew by 17 percent between 2010 and 2015, while overall enrollment in those classes grew by less than 2 percent, according to the latest federal data. By 2015, minorities accounted for more than 43 percent of all incoming students in the Ivy League, up from 37 percent in 2010.
The trend partly reflects the demographics of an increasingly diverse nation, but the schools also consider race for reasons including a desire to reverse historically low numbers of minorities at elite universities that in some cases began admitting nonwhite students only in the last 75 years.
"We're aiming for diversity on our campus and we're achieving it," said Christopher Eisgruber, president of Princeton University. "Universities have a compelling interest in pursuing diversity in their student bodies through a holistic assessment of factors."
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So no investigation into DWS and the Muslim Brotherhood Computer access ring.
No investigation into Fusion GPS.
No GJinvestigation/indictment of Lois Lerner who pleaded the fifth.
No leakers named/fired/prosecuted.
But by damn we are going after pot smokers and diversity seeking colleges.
Posted on 8/6/17 at 2:25 pm to NC_Tigah
Shut them down! The last thing we need in great America is these sjw/elitist degree mills
Posted on 8/6/17 at 2:26 pm to NC_Tigah
Seems blatantly illegal harassment of Harvard. They are a private institution who can do whatever they wish to do regarding race. Harvard has long been evil, though; who is surprised at this point in what they do?
Posted on 8/6/17 at 2:33 pm to airfernando
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They are a private institution who can do whatever they wish to do regarding race.
isn't this what conservatives want??????
Posted on 8/6/17 at 2:34 pm to NC_Tigah
How does that go again?.......
Oh yes, if they're doing nothing wrong they should welcome the scrutiny!
Oh yes, if they're doing nothing wrong they should welcome the scrutiny!
Posted on 8/6/17 at 2:36 pm to NC_Tigah
Letting in and passing one Barack Hussein Obama was basically an avenue that led close to the destruction of this nation.
Posted on 8/6/17 at 2:37 pm to airfernando
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Seems blatantly illegal harassment of Harvard. They are a private institution who can do whatever they wish to do regarding race. Harvard has long been evil, though; who is surprised at this point in what they do?
Sorry bro, they take federal funds, therefore aren't private.
Posted on 8/6/17 at 2:38 pm to Gaspergou202
They should start with Barack Obama days there at the law school. How else did he get to be President of the Harvard Law Review???
Cough. Affirmative action. Cough. Quotas.
Posted on 8/6/17 at 2:42 pm to crescentcity
Also he clearly lied and claimed he was born in Kenya to curry favour
Posted on 8/6/17 at 2:43 pm to crescentcity
Pershaps he was actually qualified for the job dipshit
Posted on 8/6/17 at 2:44 pm to Hawkeye95
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They are a private institution who can do whatever they wish to do regarding race. isn't this what conservatives want??????
Hell, yeah. I don't care what quotas Harvard has. They can say they will only admit Eskimos in next year's freshman class.
BUT..
Do they receive federal money? OH, YES. So, if they want to be totally free... give up the tax payer's money.
Posted on 8/6/17 at 2:45 pm to Bison
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Pershaps he was actually qualified for the job dipshit
Posted on 8/6/17 at 2:51 pm to NC_Tigah
If they got rid of race based admissions, there'd be a lot less Blacks, Hispanics, and Whites and a ton more Asians.
Posted on 8/6/17 at 3:02 pm to Tyrusrex
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If they got rid of race based admissions, there'd be a lot less Blacks, Hispanics, and Whites and a ton more Asians.
Wrong. Admission points are added for blacks and Hispanics. Points are deducted from Asians. Whites are held equal. Therefore, Blacks and Hispanics would be displaced by Asians. Whites would remain as they are.
Posted on 8/6/17 at 3:05 pm to SirWinston
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Also he clearly lied and claimed he was born in Kenya to curry favour
that wasn't a lie
Posted on 8/6/17 at 3:11 pm to airfernando
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They are a private institution who can do whatever they wish to do regarding race.
Aren't you of the same ilk claiming bakers can't decide who they provide a service to? Claiming businesses can't decide who they serve? Saying the only clubs you can have are for minorities? That only house caucus' are for the 'disenfranchised?'
Posted on 8/6/17 at 3:16 pm to NC_Tigah
Will be a lot less minority snowflakes getting fake degrees
Posted on 8/6/17 at 3:53 pm to Strannix
Meh...let 'em keep doing it. In about 20-30 years, a degree from those institutions will carry half the weight or less than they do now or even 10 years ago.
Posted on 8/6/17 at 4:01 pm to Marco Esquandolas
The average grade at Harvard is an A, it's a snowflake school
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