A Justice Department investigation has found Yale University is illegally discriminating against Asian American and white applicants, in violation of federal civil rights law, officials said Thursday.
The findings detailed in a letter to the college’s attorneys Thursday mark the latest action by the Trump administration aimed at rooting out discrimination in the college application process, following complaints from students about the application process at some Ivy League colleges.
The two-year investigation concluded that Yale “rejects scores of Asian American and white applicants each year based on their race, whom it otherwise would admit,” the Justice Department said.
Good.
No surpises here. But didnt the SCOTUS already judge on this, and have a mealy mouthed approval of discrimination?
Correct.
This is a little window dressing.
That is called systemic racism.
The flip side (gibs) is equity
This has been known to the white and especially Jewish applicants for decades.
The official justice is always day late and dollar short.
Meanwhile, in Canada… I teach at a major transfer credit college in Vancouver. Most sections being offered in my department have greater than 50% international students, while domestic waitlisted students, in many courses, surpass international students on a greater than or equal to 2-to-1 basis. While this situation is not exactly the same as the active discrimination at Yale, it highlights (1) how a bloated administration requires tons of international cash to stay afloat and (2) BC’s post-secondary institutions (and, may I venture there without data…, every other post-secondary institution in this land) have no problem pushing domestic students under the bus – students which would otherwise been able to take courses – to keep the cash flowing.
I came to a similar conclusion 20 years ago about the department where I was finishing my Ph. D. The Chinese grad students ran the place and treated the citizens as squatters and intruders, as if the place was theirs and not ours.
That’s one reason I haven’t donated a penny to my alma mater for years.
Not only did I quit donating to the University, I did a lot of volunteer work for the University too. When I told them I was leaving because of their elitism against very smart but financially and in some cases emotionally struggling domestic students, they were some pissed. I can smell the stench of elitism a mile away. Go near any University and you will need to bring an escape respirator.
Yeah, I noticed the elitism as well.
When I started my freshman year in the early 1970s, I entertained the foolish notion that one’s intellectual abilities were the great equalizer and that one’s social background or status didn’t matter. I didn’t notice it even when I finished my B. Sc.
Engineering grad school was another matter. Somehow, actually spending time in industry before returning was considered detrimental to one’s reputation. Had my father been a professor, maybe it wouldn’t have made any difference, but I’m a blue-collar kid and both my parents were journeymen in their respective trades.
The attitude seemed to be that if I was any good, I wouldn’t have had to go to work. Uh, no. I spent the better part of 16 years in school from Grade 1 to my first convocation. I wanted to actually put into practice what I learned and stay in industry long enough to be registered. I didn’t meet many professors who understood that.
It got worse with my next two degrees as I not only took a break after my first master’s, I switched disciplines. Rather than recognizing that I was resourceful and an experienced practitioner, I encountered academics who thought I didn’t belong in grad school because I actually went out and got myself dirty once in a while.
I never did get a faculty position after I finished my doctorate. It’s their loss, not mine.
FedUP
The folks invested in Education include the BUSH family… Nothing unusual about money! You are right that education is monetarized & foreign currency is king… But why are foreigners willing to pay for a Western education that doesn’t appeal to Canadians?… Is it just the bragging rights?? Yale & Harvard are not educating anyone…. The meatball of a Harvard education is only worth the social Networking… and that is dead…..
“students which would otherwise been able to take courses – to keep the cash flowing.” Your thinking on this issue is good, but …..
If you are teaching anyone in BC, FEDUP, you need an instant crash course in grammar 101. I will bet that you can not even spot the grammar mistake, which is partly why BC students remain uneducated. Did you get effort credits? Diversity credits?
Frightening that you are in charge of a classroom teaching 50% of students who are also incompetent English speakers.
Call it the fog of the Internet. My grammar is often poor, not because I can’t speak the language properly, but because my editing is sometimes sloppy, much like that of many people.
Just what SDA needs: a language Karen.
Nasty remark, and uncalled for, deplorable “Kevin” …. There have been some language police on the site before me … and you actually seem to edit your posts well enough, so flick your comment.
This person is teaching. You are retired. Good English grammar skills are important, as is good editing.
Like I wrote earlier, this is the Internet, not Hansard and these posts aren’t court transcripts. Mistakes can be made, particularly when writing something in haste. It happens.
L pleeze up the shut phuque.
Nope. Can’t spot it! But I am willing to learn, if you are willing to teach.
You made your point B A D. Nuff said. I always enjoy your dissertations here as I do so many others.
My instructor at Tech always said that making your point is the main thing and in my not so humble opinion, so long as you don’t use ebonics we’re good.
Give it a rest L!
Thank you.
CRB, you are correct. If I had to worry about grammar, I would be hounded off of SDA in short order. For me, it’s the sharp observations of BAD And OWG, Orson, and Ed Teach, plus many others, that I enjoy reading on SDA. Communicating and getting your point across, plus the debate is what counts, good grammar is nice, but secondary to the posts. It’s a little pompous to tell someone off about their lack of grammar, as was stated, this ain’t Hansard!