Stemming “male drift,” or trying to reach “gender parity” in #college enrollment, or affirmative action for men: the latest #highereducation #highered trend. Wow. #admissions https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/08/magazine/men-college-enrollment.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

"There are close to three #women for every two men in #college in [the U.S.]. ...
But the easiest way for many competitive #schools to fix their gender ratios lies in the selection process, at which point #admissions officers often informally privilege #male applicants, a tendency that critics say amounts to #AffirmativeAction for men.
At the very least, Martin says, we should know when there’s a thumb on the scale, and for whom."

https://is.gd/sIaah9

Ron DeSantis’ efforts to shake up the #education establishment, or #highereducation #highered, now include #college #admissions testing. The Classical Learning Test, with an emphasis on the western, Judeo-Christian canon, will replace College Board exams (SAT & ACT). One #student says the new test feels like it was written by humans. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/06/us/sat-alternative-florida-classical-learning-test.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Let's eliminate standardized tests, not replace or revise them! #college #admissions https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/06/us/sat-alternative-florida-classical-learning-test.html

Academic snapshot 3:

As the new semester begins, we hope students will be eager & successful, but we know we may occasionally shake our heads at some decisions Admissions has made.

But as I like to say: it could always be worse.

Sometimes Admissions guesses wrong.

But we don't see the potentially disastrous candidates they do successfully weed out.

#College #Admissions Officers Share Reasons They've Rejected Applicants

https://www.buzzfeed.com/victoriavouloumanos/college-admission-officers-share-why-reasons-for-rejecting

#HigherEd

@histodons

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/08/thomas-jefferson-high-school-affirmative-action-supreme-court/

#affirmativeaction: This next phase targets #admissions policies in K-12 schools, and is an effort to maintain the #statusquo, even as #American #publiceducation grows increasingly #segregated.
#equalprotection #accesstoqualityeducation #socialconsequences

Evaluating a Learned Admission- #Prediction Model as a Replacement for Standardized Tests in #College #Admissions

"We find that a prediction model trained on past admission data outperforms an SAT-based heuristic and matches the demographic composition of the last admitted class."

https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3573051.3593382

#machinelearning

I've been saying it for years: Get rid of legacy admissions, preferential treatment for relatives of donors, and so on. Maybe it'll finally happen. Good for Wesleyan for ending the practice. I hope more universities follow. #College #Admissions #School #Schools #HigherEducation #Harvard https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/25/us/politics/harvard-admissions-civil-rights-inquiry.html?unlocked_article_code=69o6lC4p27Rl28-FZg2krlKOPDRVReGMt-ksucFTgHyHaJcMwA8zDI4qwpaRQA3oaAhs6ZzRSbAQlExFOJfmvZq_bs1A1JwPNJpAkhaR17jj-w_emCfwpHIT0zLVrucPTGgzif7tieRUt5O0cpaJEMYKqE_A1Hz6F1qJlcV4CGkUGyj9-b1lKAcUk4LVWPcvoch7nSRTZWWsERPNYMEPeaReI-qOiVj2Py0ltrUa9x58tQ91imsHL9ZlTXBunlBRMnN_JgqZ2_63GXxCLghlbqj_MIr1gLred6tKCevrnTcHyIpO8klrTlWsdfZGbHXLsANVtfUZebNsDd5Rkr8gZMnniUEtemJpkvO01U3vzwyS0E9I&smid=url-share

#Harvard's legacy #admissions under federal investigation amid #civilrights concerns

https://flip.it/SALuAy

Biden Administration to investigate #legacy #admissions at Harvard, or the practice of affirmative action for white people. Earlier studies have shown that without legacy admissions, Harvard could achieve racial balance/diversity goals. #highereducation https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/25/us/politics/harvard-admissions-civil-rights-inquiry.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Surprising nobody, if you are rich, you are significantly more likely to get in elite schools. If you are very poor, you have an extremely slight advantage. If you are between very poor and very rich.... tough luck kid, roll the dice better next time. Somebody has to pay the price for other people's advantages.

I really hope stats like these really put to bed the notion that getting into elite schools are even remotely close to meritocracy.

#EliteSchools #university #admissions #ClassWarfare #meritocracy

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/07/24/upshot/ivy-league-elite-college-admissions.html

Update. #CarnegieMellon and #UPittsburgh have dropped #legacy #admissions.
https://triblive.com/news/children-relatives-of-alumni-no-longer-have-admissions-edge-at-carnegie-mellon-pitt/

#Academia #Universities
@academicchatter

Exactly.

"Wesleyan Did Right on Legacy Admissions. Let’s Talk About the Ivies Now."
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/07/wesleyan-legacy-admissions-affirmative-action-ivy-league-harvard-supreme-court/

#Academia #Admissions #Legacies #Wesleyan
@academicchatter

Now that the U.S. #SupremeCourt has rejected affirmative action in college #admissions, questions arise about what direction the country is expected to go in terms of opportunity and a system that rewards achievement.

https://t.co/EsEA6GzcyL

Just saw someone suggest the Biden administration simply ignore #SCOTUS' rulings from yesterday. Philosophically, it might be time. The enforcement mechanisms are mostly norms.* SCOTUS broke 'em first. I welcome opinions from real ConLaw scholars, of course.

The practicalities seem to make most sense re: student #loans. Just send the money anyway.

However re: #admissions, the 'support' of the administration is not worth enough for colleges to deal with the lawsuits from mediocre white students. Lower courts are simply going to apply SCOTUS' ruling.

Slightly more complicated, if we indicate we're going to send the DOJ against businesses that discriminate... 1. the status of #LGBTQ people as a protected class is not clear (nor is the status of the concept of 'protected class' at all, given this Court). 2. Again, we now have an extant high court ruling, and that's it for most lower courts, understandably.

*Though one does hate to follow Andrew Jackson in anything.

We need non-elitist education institutions. I'm not sure how to get there, but our current universities can't live up to their stated missions when their main social function is to credential the elite.
#education #admissions #college #elitism

#Poll: Should public and private universities be allowed to use race as a factor in their admissions process?
https://politicaliq.com/2023/06/29/supreme-court-bars-affirmative-action-in-college-admissions/ #AffirmativeAction #SupremeCourt #SCOTUS #colleges #admissions #AsianAmericans #Harvard #UNC #politicaliq #news #politics #opinion #opinionpoll

Supreme Court Bars Affirmative Action in College Admissions https://politicaliq.com/2023/06/29/supreme-court-bars-affirmative-action-in-college-admissions/ #AffirmativeAction #SupremeCourt #SCOTUS #colleges #admissions #AsianAmericans #Harvard #UNC #politicaliq #news #politics

More #Americans Disapprove Than Approve of #Colleges Considering #Race, #Ethnicity in #Admissions Decisions
https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2023/06/08/more-americans-disapprove-than-approve-of-colleges-considering-race-ethnicity-in-admissions-decisions/

The list of colleges which still have openings for fall 2023 is now available. Includes openings for transfer students as well as first-year students.

Please share, to help ease student and family worries: https://www.highereddive.com/news/almost-300-colleges-still-have-open-seats-for-fall-2023/649256/

#college #admissions #HigherEd