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National Opinion Polls on Affirmative Action: Inflaming an Issue that is Divisive Enough

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

That gets to the question of national opinion polls on affirmative action. If there are few Blacks, Hispanics or Native Americans admitted to these law schools, their chances of being nominated to serve on the High Court will be slim.

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Students Increasingly Uncomfortable Sharing Political Opinions

Confessions of a Community College Dean

In the latest iteration of the Harvard Youth Poll, conducted by the Institute of Politics at Harvard Kennedy School, one-third of students between 18 and 29 said they feel uncomfortable sharing their political views on campus for fear of negative repercussions—a share that has climbed since 2015, when 13 percent responded that way.

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Opinion | For true higher-ed diversity, we must break the testing monopoly

University Business

The post Opinion | For true higher-ed diversity, we must break the testing monopoly appeared first on University Business. These tests do not simply measure context-free skills, they reflect educational choices and values that not all students share. Read more from The Hill.

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Opinion | Why it’s smart for universities to bring back the SAT requirement

University Business

The post Opinion | Why it’s smart for universities to bring back the SAT requirement appeared first on University Business. Dartmouth, Yale and Brown found their applicant pools became less diverse, because low-income students and students of color were less likely to apply, thinking they hadn’t tested well enough.

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In defense of languages (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Much ink has recently been spilled about the silencing of unwelcome opinions on both sides of the political debate—an artificial construct of the aggressive “woke” left versus the anti-intellectual, ultraconservative right. What we as educators do is to open and facilitate productive debate, not close it off.

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Ohio State Faculty Criticize New Free Speech Policy and Reporting System

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Eveland worried that the policy may lead to challenging students’ opinions for educational purposes being misconstrued as censorship. Surveys from other schools have found that the largest barrier to campus free speech was self-censorship rooted in student fears of judgement. However, a policy can’t change that, Eveland said.

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Opinion | Let’s stop pretending college degrees don’t matter

University Business

The post Opinion | Let’s stop pretending college degrees don’t matter appeared first on University Business. Degree requirements in formal job listings remain in the 70- to 90-percent range at blue-chip firms like Google, Apple and Intel. Read more from the New York Times.

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