As a fan of a wide variety of popular (and not-so-popular) music from the 1950s (and sometimes even earlier) up through the present, one of my bucket list projects for years has been to put together a list of my 100 favorite songs of all time. At some point I decided that, once I got around to figuring that out, I could put it out on a blog, for the infinitesimally small proportion of the Internet world that might be interested. So, here we are. While the Top 100 will be a major focus, I also plan to post on a variety of other musical (and occasionally non-musical) topics, in which you may or may not be interested. (If a particular posting doesn’t ring your bell, you’re only a few clicks away from a dancing cat video on YouTube.)

Monday, September 18, 2023

Diversity and college admissions

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/09/15/supreme-court-admissions-elite-schools-00116087

 

Interesting guest column from Marc Novicoff:

 

“There’s only one race-neutral method that would work to increase racial diversity on selective college campuses, and it happens to align with the supposed social-justice goals of highly selective schools: giving a clearly defined, substantial boost to low-income applicants. Neither the University of Michigan nor the University of California embraced that method, and so far, it seems likely that no other university will try it either.”

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  1. AnonymousSeptember 19, 2023 at 6:46 AM

    Some years ago, I have a recollection that the University of Texas (I think) had a policy where the if students finished in the top 10 or top 10% of the class, they would be accepted.

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    1. AnonymousSeptember 19, 2023 at 10:16 AM

      Yep. He does cover that in the column.

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