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Daily Alchemy: a question to think on together
5h ago“What is one thing a college taught you that you could not have learned faster or cheaper somewhere else?”
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When does corrective policy become its own injustice?: Case-by-case pragmatists
The corridor MIT’s fall 2024 data: Black enrollment 5 percent, down from 15. A two-thirds decline at an institution with a $27 billion endowment and an entire office devoted to finding talented students from every background.... When does corrective policy become its own injustice?: Sunset realists
The question nobody asked Every corrective policy carries an implicit promise that it is temporary. Affirmative action was framed as remedy, not regime. Justice O’Connor in Grutter predicted it would be unnecessary in twenty-five years. That was 2003.... When does corrective policy become its own injustice?: Procedural fairness
The kitchen table at 11 p.m. We know that student. Sat across from him going over practice problems for the fourth hour. Watched him build a transcript admissions brochures use as examples, then open a waitlist letter containing the word "holistic" as though it were an... When does corrective policy become its own injustice?: Corrective justice
What the numbers did In 1960, Black students made up 1.7 percent of selective college enrollment. Not because they couldn’t do the work — HBCUs had been producing scholars for a century. Because the institutions wouldn’t let them in.... When does corrective policy become its own injustice?: The Story
The sorting room Harvard litigated Bakke, Grutter, and Students for Fair Admissions all the way to the Supreme Court. It lost 6-3 on June 29, 2023. In the trial record was a fact the university never explained: Asian American applicants had received systematically lower "personal... - Derek...
Is genuine meritocracy possible?: Structural critics
Forty-three percent A 2019 study of Harvard admissions found that 43 percent of white students admitted were legacies, recruited athletes, children of donors, or children of faculty. Strip those categories out and three-quarters of them don’t get in.... - Volkwalker...
I’m an English professor, writer, and higher education professional based in Virginia. My work focuses on writing pedagogy, student success, assessment, and helping colleges connect data to meaningful student outcomes rather than just compliance....