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Reed College. In 1995, Reed College refused to participate in U.S. News & World Report annual survey. According to Reed's Office of Admissions, "Reed College has actively questioned the methodology and usefulness of college rankings ever since the magazine's best-colleges list first appeared in 1983, despite the fact that the issue ranked Reed among the top ten national liberal arts colleges.
The Trump administration's Department of Justice reportedly conducted investigations to end affirmative action programs for racial minorities in college admissions. [142] [143] In a 2019 Pew Research Center poll, 73 percent of a representative sample of Americans said that race or ethnicity should not be a factor in college admissions. [144]
According to the article, some students were being admitted despite having sub-par qualifications. The investigation revealed that approximately 800 students over five years landed on the so-called "clout list" and, though not all were unworthy, the admission rate of these students was eight percentage points higher than the school average. [1]
The article quoted the adage that "the Internet is forever" and observed that Owen's example shows that "not all information on the Internet can be controlled". [1] It suggested that Owen "should use the seldom-used tort of publication of private, embarrassing facts". [1] The thesis continued to attract newspaper and academic interest in later ...
Currently, the Ivy League institutions are estimated to admit 10% to 15% of each entering class using legacy admissions. [21] For example, in the 2008 entering undergraduate class, the University of Pennsylvania admitted 41.7% of legacies who applied during the early decision admissions round and 33.9% of legacies who applied during the regular admissions cycle, versus 29.3% of all students ...
Another prime example of college officials refusing to use their common sense. — Isaiah Walker (@walkeri141) March 20, 2022 It’s been a tough couple opening rounds for NCAA officials.
University of Bristol admissions controversy; University of Illinois clout scandal; University of Illinois slush fund scandal; University of Miami Justice for Janitors campaign; 2015–2016 University of Missouri protests; University of North Carolina academic-athletic scandal; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill football scandal
The social science research community was concerned that the condemnation by government legislatures might have a chilling effect on the future publication of controversial research results. The study's lead author is the psychologist Bruce Rind; it expanded on a 1997 meta-analysis for which Rind is also the lead author. [2]