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Feb 22 • 4 tweets • 2 min read • Read on X
NEW: @Yale is the second Ivy League school to reinstitute required standardized testing in admissions:

“Yale’s research from before and after the pandemic has consistently demonstrated that…test scores are the single greatest predictor of a student’s future Yale grades.” Image
Like Dartmouth, Yale emphasizes that using test scores helps to increase diversity in the student body: Image
The new policy is “test-flexible”: applicants can choose to submit their scores from one or more of four tests: Image
Link to the announcement:

And the policy: admissions.yale.edu/test-flexible
admissions.yale.edu/standardized-t…

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Feb 5
NEW: Dartmouth College is the first Ivy League school to reinstitute a standardized testing requirement for admissions:

“Standardized testing requirement will improve—not detract from—our ability to bring the most promising and diverse students to our campus.” Image
Consistent with other studies, Dartmouth found that SAT scores are predictive of college GPA:
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At the same time, Dartmouth found that some less-advantaged students hurt their chances of admission by withholding their scores: Image
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Jan 19
The tyranny of DEI: A dean at the University of Alberta explains that they “embedded” DEI into “every faculty meeting” because most people didn’t want to attend DEI trainings.
“EDI training should be a mandatory training for all people.”
More:
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Jan 19
U of Wisconsin Law School is requiring 1L students to attend a DEI training.

The reading is directed only at whites and says colorblindness, individualism, arguments against affirmative action, and distancing oneself from white supremacists are “racist attitudes and behaviors.”


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Those are only a few of the “28 Common Racist Attitudes and Behaviors that Indicate a Detour or Wrong Turn into White Guilt, Denial or Defensiveness.”
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Source: will-law.org/uw-law-student…
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Jan 13
In a series of emails, Harvard Professor Jennifer Hochschild has apologized to Harvard Extension School students and staff: Image
She did so after the Harvard Extension Student Association issued a statement expressing concern and disappointment regarding her remarks on @X: Image
@X Several students were clearly upset about her remarks: Image
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Jan 9
University of Michigan now has at least 241 paid DEI employees.

“The payroll costs are $23.24 million for salaries and $7.44 million for benefits, or $30.68 million, an amount that would cover in-state tuition and fees for 1,781 undergraduate students.” thecollegefix.com/umich-now-has-…
The growth of this bureaucracy is astounding:
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Jan 6
“Claudine Gay was in Rome on a family vacation on Dec. 27 when Penny Pritzker, the leader of Harvard University’s governing board, called to ask: Did she think there was a path forward with her as the school’s president?”

Informative account of Gay’s resignation in the NYT.

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Dr. Gay was planning a “spring reset,” but some board members thought the plan “showed that she didn't understand the urgency of the expanding crisis.” Image
The first member of the Corporation to turn was Timothy R. Barakett, the treasurer.

(Others joined him, as we know, after having dinner with members of the Council on Academic Freedom at Harvard.)

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