Joanne JacobsOct 16, 20182 minHarvard denies anti-Asian biasHarvard’s admissions process is on trial, charged with bias against Asian-American students, reports Anemona Hartocollis in the New York...
Joanne JacobsAug 16, 20182 minEnd the craziness with college lotteryStanford offered admission to 2,040 of the 47,450 students who applied in 2018: That’s 4.3 percent, a new low. Most of the 45,410 who...
Joanne JacobsAug 15, 20182 minHarvard discriminates against introvertsHarvard discriminates against introverts, argues Jonathan Zimmerman, a professor of education and history at Penn, in the Washington...
Joanne JacobsJul 5, 20181 minIs this the end of race-based admissions preferences?The Trump administration has revoked Obama-era guidelines calling for colleges to use race in admissions. In a joint letter Tuesday, the...
Joanne JacobsJun 17, 20182 minHarvard: Asians aren’t likable, kind, ‘respected’Asian-Americans are less likely to get into Harvard, despite higher grades and test scores and stronger extracurriculars than other...
Joanne JacobsFeb 23, 20171 minFIRE names 10 worst college for free speechThe 10 Worst Colleges For Free Speech include Harvard, Georgetown, the University of Oregon and University of South Carolina, according...
Joanne JacobsFeb 10, 20172 minCollege kids: Violence is ‘self-defense’Violence by masked anarchists led Berkeley officials to cancel a speech by Milo Yiannopoulos, a right-wing commentator. (The publicity...