#Harvard

Joanne Jacobs

Harvard denies anti-Asian bias

Harvard’s admissions process is on trial, charged with bias against Asian-American students, reports Anemona Hartocollis in the New York...

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End the craziness with college lottery

Stanford 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...

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Harvard discriminates against introverts

Harvard discriminates against introverts, argues Jonathan Zimmerman, a professor of education and history at Penn, in the Washington...

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Is 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...

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Harvard: 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...

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FIRE names 10 worst college for free speech

The 10 Worst Colleges For Free Speech include Harvard, Georgetown, the University of Oregon and University of South Carolina, according...

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College 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...