The notion that race-conscious admissions are systematically biased against some applicants has been a rallying cry of critics for decades. The data paint a different picture.
The answers haven’t really changed in light of reports about the Justice Department’s apparent interest in potential racial bias in admissions, experts say. But it’s a good time for a refresher.
The University of North Carolina system is one step away from stripping a civil-rights center’s ability to litigate. Here’s why law professors nationwide are worried.
The professor, Christian Ott, had been placed on leave and banned from the campus in connection with a university investigation. He will officially depart by the end of the calendar year.
The university faced withering criticism for withdrawing offers to some 500 prospective students after acknowledging that it had exceeded its anticipated enrollment by 850.
Clarification
An article in Wednesday’s newsletter misstated how Kevin Allred, an adjunct instructor, lost his job at Rutgers University at New Brunswick. The university declined to renew his contract; it did not fire him.
Geoff Pullum laments that what makes a hot story about language for the news media is not the fascinating new technological applications of linguistics, but that some schoolboy used an extra-long word. Talk about fake news.
Your objective is to get an interview. So make sure your letter isn’t just informational, but persuasive.
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