One Kind of Diversity Colleges Avoid
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#5I've never heard of a single institution specifying the kind of the diversity that they want. Just "diversity". What about intellectual diversity? Why doesn't Harvard accept people from a diverse range of SAT scores? It makes me wonder if these institutions actually accept the ideology they claim to embrace, or if they just use buzzwords and do the bare minimum so they're not labeled bigots.
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#6I think it's fair to discriminate (in the literal sense) based on factors people can affect or change, like political affiliation, but not based on factors that people can't change, like race. [1]
That said, if you're touting your commitment to diversity, you really should be seeking out, y'know, diversity. Including lots of different kinds of people is a multifaceted endeavor.
[1] I know it's not legal to discriminate based on religion, which is kind of similar to political affiliation, but I'm talking about my personal ethical framework, not the law.
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#7I've never heard of a single institution specifying the kind of the diversity that they want. Just "diversity". What about intellectual diversity? Why doesn't Harvard accept people from a diverse range of SAT scores? It makes me wonder if these institutions actually accept the ideology they claim to embrace, or if they just use buzzwords and do the bare minimum so they're not labeled bigots.
> if they just use buzzwords and do the bare minimum so they're not labeled bigots.
Sounds about right.
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#8I think it's fair to discriminate (in the literal sense) based on factors people can affect or change, like political affiliation, but not based on factors that people can't change, like race. [1] That said, if you're touting your commitment to diversity, you really should be seeking out, y'know, diversity . Including lots of different kinds of people is a multifaceted endeavor. [1] I know it's not legal to discrimin…
I wonder how much political inclinations are malleable though. I can't dig up the work now, but I know psychologists like Jonathan Haidt show that things like a persons openness to experience influence their political beliefs. If we can't control our ideological basis any more than an accountant can their inclination to numbers, then we're losing out on a lot.
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#9To save you a click: the kind of diversity in question is "political or ideological diversity" with a focus on conservative politics and ideologies.
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#10I've never heard of a single institution specifying the kind of the diversity that they want. Just "diversity". What about intellectual diversity? Why doesn't Harvard accept people from a diverse range of SAT scores? It makes me wonder if these institutions actually accept the ideology they claim to embrace, or if they just use buzzwords and do the bare minimum so they're not labeled bigots.
> Why doesn't Harvard accept people from a diverse range of SAT scores?
In general, these students would need dramatically different courses with a lighter workload and a lot more hand holding to succeed.
Students who have trouble with reading comprehension questions on the SAT are going to have a difficult time in courses requiring several hundred pages of careful reading every week.
Students who have trouble with the basic arithmetic questions on the SAT are going to have a difficult time with college-level science.
It would certainly be possible to build a university around the idea of accepting anyone who applies, perhaps by lottery, but it would be a substantially different type of institution than Harvard currently is.