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The war on merit takes a bizarre turn

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I think diversity is about more than social status.

The US universities might do well by forcibly mixing people of different political stripes. Red and blue…makes purple?

Too easy to fake

Re: The war on merit takes a bizarre turn

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Gee, why is it then that we are concerned only about skin color and gender?

Other forms of diversity are impossible to measure objectively through a college application.

False. Economic status can easily be measured. In fact, college admissions process has the entire financial picture of a candidate thanks to FAFSA.

Wonder why colleges don't publish stats of how many kids are admitted from, say, each quintile of wealth or income. I guess that would be an inconvenient stat to expose.

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