Attention Economy


Wednesday, March 2, 2022

The Need for Merit-Based Admissions

Dropping the SATs Opens the Door to More Legacy Students
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2022-03-01/dropping-sats-might-mean-more-legacy-admissions-at-harvard
Getting rid of test scores and class rankings will give elite colleges even more latitude to give preference to the offspring of well-heeled alumni.
 
Asian-Americans Fight Back Against School Discrimination
https://www.wsj.com/articles/asian-american-fight-school-discrimination-affirmative-action-racial-justice-admissions-standards-testing-charter-schools-achievement-gap-harvard-supreme-court-11646172518
From Harvard to a Virginia high school, courts take up racial preferences’ harm to this minority population.