Tag Archives: Admissions Standards

The New York Times 1:18 pm on March 14, 2023
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At Wellesley College, a Fight Over Whether to Admit Trans Men

Students will vote Tuesday on a nonbinding referendum that considers opening admission to all nonbinary and transgender applicants. Opponents say the school’s mission is to educate women.

#admissions-standards, #colleges-and-universities, #massachusetts, #paula-johnson, #transgender, #wellesley-college, #women-and-girls, #womens-rights

The New York Times 10:00 am on March 3, 2023
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Defending Its Rankings, U.S. News Takes Aim at Top Law Schools

The publication accuses Yale and other schools of trying to evade accountability — and sidestep a likely end to affirmative action — by opting out of its ratings.

#admissions-standards, #affirmative-action, #cardona-miguel-a-1975, #colleges-and-universities, #gerken-heather-k, #law-schools, #medical-schools, #us-newsworld-report

The New York Times 6:35 pm on February 17, 2023
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Do Law Schools Need the LSAT? Here’s How to Understand the Debate.

One part of the American Bar Association is trying to drop the test requirement for law schools, while another has voted to retain it — and both sides say diversity is the reason.

#accreditation, #admissions-standards, #affirmative-action, #american-bar-assn, #graduate-schools-and-students, #law-school-admission-council, #law-school-admission-test-lsat, #law-schools, #legal-profession, #minorities, #tests-and-examinations

The New York Times 10:00 am on February 15, 2023
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Why Is Affirmative Action in Peril? One Man’s Decision.

How the landmark 1978 Supreme Court decision that upheld the practice may ultimately have set it on a path to being outlawed.

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The New York Times 2:46 am on January 19, 2023
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Selling False Hope in India’s Cram City

In Kota, students from across the country pay steep fees to be tutored for elite-college admissions exams — which most of them will fail.

#admissions-standards, #colleges-and-universities, #india, #rajasthan-india, #tests-and-examinations

The New York Times 10:00 am on January 15, 2023
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If Affirmative Action Ends, College Admissions May Be Changed Forever

Schools may need to rethink everything, including recruitment, scholarships, standardized testing and alumni preferences.

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The New York Times 8:38 pm on January 4, 2023
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Rick Singer, Mastermind of Varsity Blues Scandal, Is Sentenced to 3½ Years in Prison

The ruling is a final chapter in the cheating scandal. But the cynicism over college admissions, athletics and fund-raising is not going away.

#admissions-standards, #boston-mass, #caplan-gordon-r, #coaches-and-managers, #college-admissions-scandal-2019, #college-board, #colleges-and-universities, #decisions-and-verdicts, #georgetown-university, #harvard-university, #huffman-felicity, #loughlin-lori, #singer-william-rick, #stanford-university, #talwani-indira, #university-of-southern-california, #vavic-jovan, #zhao-jie-telecommunications-executive

The New York Times 6:19 pm on December 30, 2022
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Mastermind of Varsity Blues Scandal, Rick Singer, to Be Sentenced

Prosecutors recommended six years in the scheme that undermined college admissions. Mr. Singer asked for a maximum of six months, citing childhood trauma.

#admissions-standards, #boston-mass, #bribery-and-kickbacks, #college-admissions-scandal-2019, #colleges-and-universities, #federal-bureau-of-investigation, #huffman-felicity, #loughlin-lori, #yale-university

The New York Times 10:00 am on December 2, 2022
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Applying to College, and Trying to Appear ‘Less Asian’

The affirmative action lawsuit against Harvard seemed to confirm advice given for years to Asian Americans: Don’t play chess, don’t check the box declaring race.

#admissions-standards, #affirmative-action, #asian-americans, #colleges-and-universities, #discrimination, #harvard-university, #ivy-league, #race-and-ethnicity, #students-for-fair-admissions, #tests-and-examinations

The New York Times 8:00 am on November 19, 2022
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How Fairfield University Ended Up With Few Low-Income Students

Fairfield has the lowest percentage of Pell Grant recipients of any college in the United States. But was it a choice?

#admissions-standards, #colleges-and-universities, #endowments, #fairfield-conn, #fairfield-university, #pell-grants, #personal-finances, #scholarships-and-fellowships, #tuition

The New York Times 11:17 pm on November 18, 2022
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Georgetown and Columbia Law Schools Withdraw From U.S. News Rankings

Three schools joined Yale and Harvard’s rebellion against U.S. News. And the bar association will no longer require schools to mandate the LSAT or GRE. But rankings still matter.

#admissions-standards, #chemerinsky-erwin, #education, #gerken-heather-k, #harvard-university, #law-schools, #legal-profession, #tests-and-examinations, #university-of-california-los-angeles, #yale-university

The New York Times 9:54 pm on November 16, 2022
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Yale Law School Withdraws From the U.S. News Rankings

The school has consistently ranked No. 1 for the last 30 years, but its dean said the ratings had a “misguided” focus on grades and test scores.

#admissions-standards, #colleges-and-universities, #gerken-heather-k, #income-inequality, #law-schools, #tests-and-examinations, #us-newsworld-report, #yale-university

The New York Times 4:16 pm on November 8, 2022
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Texas High Schoolers Must Retake SATs After Tests Fly Off UPS Truck

Seniors who sat for the SATs last month at El Paso High School will have to retake the test after many of the sheets with their answers were scattered on the street.

#admissions-standards, #college-board, #colleges-and-universities, #education-k-12, #el-paso-tex, #sat-college-admission-test, #tests-and-examinations, #texas-am-university, #united-parcel-service-inc

The New York Times 11:11 am on November 3, 2022
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Why the Supreme Court Might End Affirmative Action

A blockbuster case about race-conscious admissions programs in higher education could reshape American life.

#admissions-standards, #affirmative-action, #audio-neutral-informative, #colleges-and-universities, #decisions-and-verdicts, #harvard-university, #supreme-court-us, #university-of-north-carolina

The New York Times 7:54 pm on November 1, 2022
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A Diverse Supreme Court Questions the Value of Diversity

Since 1978, the sole justification for race-conscious admissions has been educational diversity. The rationale’s days may be numbered.

#admissions-standards, #affirmative-action, #alito-samuel-a-jr, #barrett-amy-coney, #black-people, #colleges-and-universities, #discrimination, #gorsuch-neil-m, #kagan-elena, #kavanaugh-brett-m, #roberts-john-g-jr, #supreme-court-us, #thomas-clarence

The New York Times 9:00 am on November 1, 2022
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Asian American Students Face Bias, but It’s Not What You Might Think

How ‘stereotype promise’ shapes Asian Americans’ educations.

#admissions-standards, #asian-americans, #colleges-and-universities, #discrimination, #harvard-university, #race-and-ethnicity, #suits-and-litigation-civil, #supreme-court-us

The New York Times 11:29 pm on October 31, 2022
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Supreme Court Seems Skeptical of Affirmative Action Programs

The court’s conservative majority was wary of admissions plans at Harvard and the University of North Carolina that take account of race to foster educational diversity.

#admissions-standards, #affirmative-action, #colleges-and-universities, #harvard-university, #minorities, #north-carolina, #students-for-fair-admissions, #supreme-court-us, #texas, #university-of-north-carolina

The New York Times 9:00 am on October 31, 2022
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Supreme Court to Hear Arguments on the Fate of Affirmative Action

The court’s conservative supermajority may be skeptical of admissions programs at Harvard and U.N.C. that take account of race to foster educational diversity.

#admissions-standards, #affirmative-action, #colleges-and-universities, #harvard-university, #minorities, #north-carolina, #students-for-fair-admissions, #supreme-court-us, #texas, #university-of-north-carolina

The New York Times 9:00 am on October 30, 2022
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In Clash Over Affirmative Action, Both Sides Invoke Brown v. Board of Education

The Supreme Court will hear arguments on Monday about admissions policies at Harvard and the University of North Carolina — and the meaning of a civil rights landmark.

#admissions-standards, #affirmative-action, #brown-v-board-of-education-supreme-court-decision, #colleges-and-universities, #discrimination, #harvard-university, #race-and-ethnicity, #supreme-court-us, #university-of-north-carolina

The New York Times 9:00 am on October 28, 2022
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On Affirmative Action, What Once Seemed Unthinkable Might Become Real

Should diversity still be considered the compelling interest in college admissions that the court said it was in 1978?

#admissions-standards, #affirmative-action, #brown-v-board-of-education-supreme-court-decision, #colleges-and-universities, #discrimination, #fourteenth-amendment-us-constitution, #harvard-university, #minorities, #race-and-ethnicity, #segregation-and-desegregation, #supreme-court-us, #university-of-north-carolina, #voting-rights-act-1965

The New York Times 9:00 am on October 24, 2022
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Bring Back Competitive Admissions? Some NYC Middle Schools May Not.

After a pandemic moratorium, city leaders are letting school superintendents decide whether to bring back some admissions requirements that critics say feed racial disparities.

#admissions-standards, #asian-americans, #banks-david-c-1962, #black-people, #children-and-childhood, #education-k-12, #education-department-nyc, #hispanic-americans, #new-york-city, #segregation-and-desegregation

The New York Times 7:00 am on October 23, 2022
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Blunder in Affirmative Action Case May Cost Harvard $15 Million

A missed insurance notice opened a window onto the cost of litigating challenges to race-conscious admissions programs to be heard this month by the Supreme Court.

#admissions-standards, #affirmative-action, #blum-edward-j, #colleges-and-universities, #discrimination, #harvard-university, #insurance, #new-york-times, #students-for-fair-admissions, #suits-and-litigation-civil

The New York Times 9:00 am on October 19, 2022
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Democrats Are Having Trouble Holding Onto Their Coalition

The city of angels is no stranger to zero-sum politics.

#admissions-standards, #asian-americans, #black-people, #california, #city-councils, #hispanic-americans, #income-inequality, #los-angeles-calif, #midterm-elections-2022, #minorities, #united-states-politics-and-government

The New York Times 9:00 am on October 17, 2022
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How Much Will the Supreme Court Change the World?

Not to mention the midterms.

#admissions-standards, #affirmative-action, #colleges-and-universities, #discrimination, #elections, #inflation-reduction-act-of-2022, #midterm-elections-2022, #united-states-economy, #united-states-politics-and-government

The New York Times 7:00 am on October 17, 2022
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Fencing Can Be Six-Figure Expensive, but It Wins in College Admissions

How niche sports offer a pathway to the Ivy League and other elite schools.

#admissions-standards, #affirmative-action, #colleges-and-universities, #discrimination, #fencing-sport, #harvard-university, #suits-and-litigation-civil

The New York Times 9:00 am on October 7, 2022
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The N.Y.U. Chemistry Students Shouldn’t Have Needed That Petition

High-stakes “weed-out” classes like Organic Chemistry are relics of an age when college students were much more uniformly privileged.

#admissions-standards, #colleges-and-universities, #income-inequality, #jones-maitland-jr, #medical-schools, #new-york-university

The New York Times 9:00 am on October 2, 2022
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As New Term Starts, Supreme Court Poised to Resume Rightward Push

The justices return to the bench on Monday to start a term that will include major cases on affirmative action, voting and discrimination against gay couples. Several will take on questions about race.

#admissions-standards, #affirmative-action, #colleges-and-universities, #decisions-and-verdicts, #discrimination, #harvard-university, #polls-and-public-opinion, #race-and-ethnicity, #roberts-john-g-jr, #supreme-court-us, #voting-rights-act-1965

The New York Times 3:00 pm on October 1, 2022
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How Private High Schools Keep the College Pay-to-Win Game Going

And it can be yours for just four yearly payments of $50,000!

#admissions-standards, #california, #colleges-and-universities, #education-secondary, #ivy-league, #private-and-sectarian-schools, #stanford-university, #tuition

The New York Times 4:33 pm on September 29, 2022
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In a Reversal, NYC Tightens Admissions to Some Top Schools

The city loosened selection criteria during the pandemic, policies some parents protested as unfair and others hoped would reduce racial disparities.

#adams-eric-l, #admissions-standards, #asian-americans, #banks-david-c-1962, #black-people, #education-k-12, #education-secondary, #hispanic-americans, #new-york-city, #race-and-ethnicity, #segregation-and-desegregation

The New York Times 7:00 am on September 24, 2022
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The Discount Data That Some Colleges Won’t Publish

Want to know how few students pay full price, or the odds of getting merit aid? The so-called Common Data Set can help, but some schools don’t post it.

#admissions-standards, #babson-college, #bentley-university, #boston-college, #colleges-and-universities, #common-data-set, #emerson-college-boston-mass, #financial-aid-education, #high-point-university, #la-salle-university-philadelphia, #marist-college, #merit-aid, #ohio-wesleyan-university, #personal-finances, #scholarships-and-fellowships, #stevens-institute-of-technology, #university-of-chicago

The New York Times 7:15 pm on September 23, 2022
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Stop Making Asian Americans Pay the Price for Campus Diversity

Affirmative action in admissions may be nearing its end. It’s about time.

#admissions-standards, #affirmative-action, #asian-americans, #harvard-university, #internal-sub-only-nl, #jews-and-judaism, #supreme-court-us, #university-of-north-carolina

The New York Times 9:00 am on September 15, 2022
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Despite Years of Criticism, the US News College Rankings Live On

Columbia University skidded to No. 18, suggesting that the ratings may be flawed and easily manipulated. But for many families, the list is a marker of prestige.

#admissions-standards, #colleges-and-universities, #education, #us-newsworld-report

The New York Times 9:00 am on September 1, 2022
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Education in America: School Is for Merit

Merit demands excellence and rigor. It is not, as its critics often insist, an elitist, classist or racist value.

#admissions-standards, #discrimination, #education-k-12, #magnet-schools, #parenting, #thomas-jefferson-high-school-for-science-and-technology-fairfax-va

The New York Times 4:49 pm on August 26, 2022
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The Supreme Court Banned Affirmative Action at Two Top Colleges. They Say They Need It.

As a Supreme Court case on college admissions nears, the California and Michigan university systems say their efforts to build diverse classes have hardly worked.

#admissions-standards, #affirmative-action, #ann-arbor-mich, #berkeley-calif, #black-people, #colleges-and-universities, #harvard-university, #ono-santa-j, #university-of-california, #university-of-michigan, #university-of-north-carolina

The New York Times 9:00 am on July 13, 2022
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The Quiet Fight to Keep Legacy Admissions

Most elite colleges, like Yale and Harvard, give a boost to applicants who are children of alumni. But with affirmative action under attack, that may become harder to defend.

#admissions-standards, #affirmative-action, #colleges-and-universities, #harvard-university, #nepotism, #supreme-court-us, #yale-university

The New York Times 10:00 am on June 24, 2022
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One Elite High School’s Struggle Over Admissions

A fierce debate about the criteria for enrolling students at Lowell, in California, has echoes of the soul-searching happening across the U.S. education system.

#admissions-standards, #asian-americans, #audio-neutral-informative, #california, #education-k-12, #lowell-high-school-san-francisco-calif, #san-francisco-calif, #tests-and-examinations

The New York Times 9:00 am on June 17, 2022
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N.Y.C. Tried to Fix High School Admissions. Some Parents Are Furious.

In an attempt to democratize schools, the city is focusing less on grades, attendance and test scores. Instead, it relies heavily on a lottery.

#admissions-standards, #education-k-12, #education-department-nyc, #new-york-city

The New York Times 10:40 am on June 7, 2022
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China Tries to Keep Covid Out of Its Grueling College-Entrance Exams

Some students have to travel from locked-down areas to testing sites in special vehicles, while others might be isolated for the exam.

#admissions-standards, #beijing-china, #china, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #shanghai-china, #tests-and-examinations

The New York Times 9:00 am on May 23, 2022
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A Conservative Lawyer’s New Target After Abortion: Affirmative Action

Jonathan F. Mitchell, who helped draft Texas’ six-week abortion ban, has turned his attention to Harvard’s race-conscious admissions program.

#admissions-standards, #affirmative-action, #colleges-and-universities, #constitution-us, #harvard-university, #mitchell-jonathan-f-1976, #supreme-court-us, #united-states-politics-and-government, #university-of-north-carolina

The New York Times 5:01 pm on April 26, 2022
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The Major Findings of Harvard’s Report on Its Ties to Slavery

Harvard University issued a 130-page report investigating its ties to slavery, and its legacy. Here are the key findings.

#admissions-standards, #bacow-lawrence-s, #black-people, #colleges-and-universities, #harvard-university, #segregation-and-desegregation, #slavery-historical

The New York Times 9:23 pm on April 25, 2022
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Supreme Court Allows Elite High School’s New Admissions Rules

A group including parents of Asian American students challenged the new criteria at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Virginia.

#admissions-standards, #asian-americans, #colleges-and-universities, #decisions-and-verdicts, #discrimination, #education-k-12, #education-secondary, #race-and-ethnicity, #supreme-court-us, #tests-and-examinations, #thomas-jefferson-high-school-for-science-and-technology-fairfax-va, #virginia

The New York Times 6:36 pm on April 8, 2022
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Jovan Vavic in Varsity Blues Scandal Is Found Guilty

Jovan Vavic, the former water polo coach at U.S.C., was accused of taking more than $200,000 in bribes in exchange for designating high school applicants as recruits.

#admissions-standards, #bribery-and-kickbacks, #coaches-and-managers, #college-admissions-scandal-2019, #colleges-and-universities, #john-singer, #jovan-vavic, #university-of-southern-california, #water-polo

The New York Times 1:26 am on March 29, 2022
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M.I.T. Will Again Require SAT and ACT Scores

The university said it was reinstating the admissions requirement, which it had waived in 2020 and 2021 because of the pandemic, for the 2022-23 application cycle.

#act-examination, #admissions-standards, #colleges-and-universities, #massachusetts, #massachusetts-institute-of-technology, #sat-college-admission-test

The New York Times 9:00 am on March 21, 2022
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Why Are We Letting Republicans Win the School Wars?

The culture wars over schools have produced an unlikely coalition: populists on the right and affluent, educated white parents on the left.

#admissions-standards, #critical-race-theory, #education, #equal-educational-opportunities, #income-inequality, #politics-and-government, #shutdowns-institutional, #united-states-politics-and-government, #virginia, #youngkin-glenn-a

The New York Times 7:40 pm on March 15, 2022
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Making the SAT and ACT Optional Is the Soft Bigotry of Low Expectations

Intended or not, it sends a message that some students of color are less capable.

#admissions-standards, #affirmative-action, #colleges-and-universities, #harvard-university, #hispanic-americans, #internal-sub-only-nl, #race-and-ethnicity, #tests-and-examinations, #university-of-north-carolina

The New York Times 11:32 pm on March 3, 2022
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U.C. Berkeley Must Freeze Enrollment, California Supreme Court Says

A spokesman said the decision meant that the university would have to cut in-person enrollment by at least 2,500 students in the fall of 2022.

#admissions-standards, #affordable-housing, #berkeley-calif, #colleges-and-universities, #rent-control-and-stabilization, #suits-and-litigation-civil, #university-of-california, #university-of-california-berkeley

The New York Times 10:00 am on March 2, 2022
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Will Asian Americans Bolt From the Democratic Party?

How this question gets answered has profound political ramifications.

#admissions-standards, #asian-americans, #biden-joseph-r-jr, #black-people, #chinese-americans, #democratic-party, #discrimination, #polls-and-public-opinion, #presidential-election-of-2020, #race-and-ethnicity, #trump-donald-j, #united-states-politics-and-government

The New York Times 12:59 am on February 26, 2022
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Judge Strikes Down Elite Virginia High School’s Admissions Rules

Thomas Jefferson High School eliminated standardized tests and made other changes to attract more Black and Hispanic students. A judge declared the policy unfair to Asian Americans.

#admissions-standards, #asian-americans, #driver-justin-scholar, #education-k-12, #pacific-legal-foundation, #race-and-ethnicity, #thomas-jefferson-high-school-for-science-and-technology-fairfax-va

The New York Times 9:41 pm on February 17, 2022
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Recall in San Francisco

Does the Bay Area school board vote represent fury at Covid closures or something else?

#admissions-standards, #asian-americans, #collins-alison-m, #education-secondary, #internal-sub-only-nl, #lowell-high-school-san-francisco-calif, #race-and-ethnicity, #recall, #san-francisco-calif, #school-boards

The New York Times 11:45 pm on February 16, 2022
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U.C. Berkeley Says It May Have to Cut Student Admissions by Thousands

The announcement is the result of an appellate court ruling in favor of a neighborhood group that has sued the university, contending it is causing housing problems in the community.

#admissions-standards, #alameda-county-calif, #berkeley-calif, #colleges-and-universities, #suits-and-litigation-civil, #university-of-california-berkeley