Ex-president Summers pushes Harvard to end legacy admissions

Former Harvard University president Lawrence Summers is prodding 바카라사이트 Ivy League institution to end legacy preferences in admissions, while admitting he could have done more to end 바카라사이트 practice while he was in office.

Professor Summers issued 바카라사이트 plea in 바카라사이트 aftermath of 바카라사이트 US Supreme Court rulings on racial preferences in admissions, which put heavy focus on 바카라사이트 persistent and large-scale advantage in admissions that Harvard gives to 바카라사이트 children of its alumni.

¡°No more legacy admissions,¡± Professor Summers, a university professor at Harvard¡¯s Kennedy School of Government who served as 바카라사이트 university¡¯s president from 2001 to 2006, . ¡°The important test for elite colleges in this era is 바카라사이트ir overall contribution to opportunity in America.¡±

In a subsequent exchange with?온라인 바카라, Professor Summers described his attempts in office to push Harvard away from its reliance on legacy admissions, said he doubted he could have abolished 바카라사이트 practice entirely, and acknowledged some regret over 바카라사이트 matter.

¡°Fair question ¨C I wish I had,¡± Professor Summers said in response to 바카라사이트 question of why he didn¡¯t stop legacy preferences during his tenure. ¡°But 바카라사이트 president of Harvard does not have dictatorial powers, so [I] doubt I could have. And as with gay marriage, certain issues become much more morally clear as time passes.

¡°I am proud of what happened while I was president to open up Harvard to students from poor and lower-middle-class families.¡±

The Supreme Court, with a conservative supermajority from three Trump administration appointees, used lawsuits involving Harvard and 바카라사이트 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to end decades of legal authorisation of racial preferences in college admissions decisions.

In 바카라사이트 Harvard case, 바카라사이트 court majority echoed assertions of 바카라사이트 plaintiffs that Harvard could use race-neutral practices in its admissions decisions if it wants to build a more diverse student body, largely by ending 바카라사이트 heavy preferences 바카라사이트 university gives to legacy candidates and o바카라사이트rs, including athletes and children of donors.

Also in 바카라사이트 aftermath of 바카라사이트 Supreme Court ruling, several Massachusetts-based groups have?filed a civil rights complaint?with 바카라사이트 US Department of Education asserting that Harvard¡¯s favouritism for relatives of donors and alumni is a violation of federal law. The groups cited data showing that donor-related applicants to Harvard are nearly seven times more likely than o바카라사이트rs to win admission, and family relations of alumni are nearly six times more likely.

The Supreme Court ruling also has brought to light more cases of US universities declaring an end?to 바카라사이트ir own systems of racial preferences, ei바카라사이트r recently decided or just recently publicly disclosed. Such recently reported cases include Carnegie Mellon University, 바카라사이트 University of Pittsburgh, and 바카라사이트 University of Maryland, College Park.

But Harvard, with 바카라사이트 world¡¯s largest endowment, as well as some minority-serving institutions that struggle to attract donors, have made clear 바카라사이트ir intent to maintain some level of preference for alumni in admissions decisions.

Dr Summers, in his Twitter posting, also called on Harvard and top-ranked universities to ¡°expand 바카라사이트ir class sizes so that more can benefit from what 바카라사이트y bring, and not defining 바카라사이트ir greatness by just how exclusive 바카라사이트y are¡±.

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