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...Elite US universities should scrap their policy of offering preferential admissions to the “legacy” children of alumni, as well as to athletes and the families of donors and faculty, according to Harvard...
...She also noted that it had been “distressing” to have her scholarly rigour questioned and “frightening to be subjected to personal attacks and threats fuelled by racial animus”....
...However, it resisted post-Civil Rights government affirmative action demands from the 1960s to disclose the racial breakdown of its students....
...The academics, attempting to straddle the divides between freedom of speech and campus safety, between angry students and furious donors, and between competing philosophies of social and racial justice,...
...The complaint filed to the US Department of Education’s office for civil rights claimed the elite institution each year “grants special preference in its admissions process to hundreds of mostly white students...
...However, Matt McGann, dean of admission at Amherst, which has seen its share of legacy students halve to 6 per cent this year since scrapping any preference, says opinion among alumni was “mixed”, with a...
...Dropping the preferences for the children of alumni and donors would also make room for candidates from a wider range of backgrounds....
...Blum said he was also in favour of firms “casting a wide net in order to find unique individuals as opposed to just focusing strictly on race and ethnicity”....
...“From day one we argued, eliminate legacy preferences, eliminate preferences for faculty and staff. Eliminate the kind of tip that athletes receive....
...Three advocacy groups on Monday filed a federal complaint accusing Harvard of granting special preferences to white students through policies that favoured applicants who are related to alumni and donors...
...The second most radical option would be for the Ivy League to abolish what is called “ALDC” — athletics, legacy, dean’s list and children of faculty and staff....
...This followed allegations that a preference for the relatives of alumni and donors discriminates against black, Hispanic and Asian applicants....
...Vassar College, which held an online discussion with students, staff and alumni last week, pledged that “we will not be daunted in our mission to bring together diverse communities of learning”....
...One barrier to change is structural. Business school research is largely supported by tuition fees and alumni donations....
...students and faculty....
...It has since released a racial equity action plan and appointed a chief diversity and inclusion officer as well as other faculty who identify as black or African-American....
...Real harm is being done by the preferences that most universities give to the children of donors and alumni, and to students who play elite sports....
...When Ronald Daniels was appointed president of Johns Hopkins University in 2009, he set himself a tough task that put him at odds with many of its own faculty and alumni: to abolish its longstanding but...
...Brookings scholar Richard Reeves described preference for offspring of alumni as “affirmative action for the rich”. In some schools, legacy students account for more than a fifth of places....
...systems that drive pandemics, racial divides and climate tipping points”....
...For instance, he was paired with two mentors who have similar backgrounds in the Africa Club, a student and alumni society....
...“Black students and alumni still face obstacles due to race and other socio-demographic indicators....
...HBS has been criticised by students and faculty for the lack of racial diversity in its MBA intake, but it is not alone in seeing a need for greater balance....
...You criticise the admissions system at US universities for creating “entrenched privilege”, including by giving preference to children of alumni and donors, but then undermine your analysis by recognising...
...Shortly afterwards he joined Teens Take Charge, a student-led organisation campaigning for an end to the Specialized High School Admissions Test (SHSAT) which, the group argues, contributes to racial segregation...
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