No one race based affirmative action been ruled illigal how do we end legacy admssions
Legacy admissions affirmative action for the priviliged what is ther best strategy of ending this form of affirmative action.
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DavidT8899 · 22-25, M
I agree that Legacy admissions should be ended,but also race-based preference.Admission,should be based on merit alone.Race or skin color should not be a factor in any way,nor should wealth or family connections.Also,the endowments given to the universities should be taxable,and government grants should no longer be given to the Ivy Leagues,as they are clearly not needed.
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DavidT8899 · 22-25, M
@onewithshoes But if you let it people who aren't academically qualified to succeed at the institution due to the reasons you mentioned,one of two things WILL occur:those unqualified students will simply flunk out,or(and this might be worse)those places will be forced to lower their standards to allow them to pass,which destroys the quality of the school.Neither is a good outcome.
onewithshoes · 22-25, F
@DavidT8899
Which would lower their standing in the eyes of the wider academic community, and decrease the perceived value of the education they were providing. Thus there would always be a real incentive for them [b]not[/b] to take any admissions policy to such a point as to have them admitting unqualified applicants.
Which would lower their standing in the eyes of the wider academic community, and decrease the perceived value of the education they were providing. Thus there would always be a real incentive for them [b]not[/b] to take any admissions policy to such a point as to have them admitting unqualified applicants.
DavidT8899 · 22-25, M
@onewithshoes With the system that the court overruled,that is exactly what was happening-and what will probably continue to happen in one form or another,unless another lawsuit is filed.They claimed that the minority ratio they were seeking was a "target" when it was clearly a quota under another name.The quotas they filled went from being representative to being compensatory in number;students who were in no way academically qualified to be there were let in simply by race.And of course,the professors had to "dumb down"the coursework to keep from being accused of racism when the unqualified students flunked out.Nobody benefited;everybody was harmed.The courts ruling was an important first step in changing that.
Graylight · 51-55, F
Legacy admissions should probably be looked at, yes. But that’s not going to open many spots to the average student. Of the roughly 20% of legacy admissions, more than 71% of students had 4.0 GPAs and 22.26% had GPAs between 3.75 and 3.99 on a scale of 4.0; unless your GPA is impeccable you are at a disadvantage since you will be judged by a smaller applicant pool.
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BackyardShaman · 61-69, M
Call these legacy kids what they are: “Daddy’s little Republican that looks and acts just like Daddy”, and force them to inform prospective employers of this.
kutee · T
what are legacy admissions?
Zonuss · 41-45, M
Privilege. Please don't mention that word. Because the truth is too much for some to handle. 🙂