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Americans like merit, but Democrats aren't so sure

Most Americans -- "ordinary people" rather than academics -- believe in merit, writes Ruy Teixeira on Liberal Patriot. They want to help...

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Columbia goes 'holistic,' dumps SAT/ACT requirement

Columbia University, know for its core curriculum in humanities, has become the first Ivy League school to drop SAT/ACT scores as an...

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Applying while Asian: No violin, no chess, no math club

Asian-American students are advised to be "less Asian" when they apply to selective colleges, reports Amy Qin in the New York Times....

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College apps are up again, and crunch season is just starting

College applications appear to be up this fall after a pandemic dip, according to the Common Application's report on early applicants....

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America is not black and white any more

Affirmative action was created at a time when most Americans belonged to a white majority or a black minority, writes Megan McArdle in...

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Diversity on trial

Diversity is a "fig leaf" for elite colleges' desire to discriminate on the basis of race, says linguist John McWhorter in a New York...

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What will replace racial preferences in college admissions?

Based on yesterday's oral arguments, the U.S. Supreme Court's conservative majority appears likely to reject race-based affirmative...

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63% say 'no' to racial preferences in college admissions

Sixty-three percent of Americans say colleges shouldn't consider race in admissions, according to a Washington Post poll. Blacks are...

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Diversity is skin deep at Harvard

Stanford discriminated against Jewish applicants in the early 1950's, admitted President Marc Tessier-Lavigne, who issued an apology last...