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Tag: Harvard University
Asian American Pacific Islander
Report: “No Strong Evidence” of Admission Discrimination of Asian American Applicants at Selective Institutions
New research revealed “no strong evidence” to support claims that Asian American applicants are discriminated against during the admissions process at selective institutions.
July 14, 2021
Asian American Pacific Islander
Not Yet? Harvard Case Not Enough To End Affirmative Action.
Why is the Supreme Court balking on the Harvard affirmative action case? It’s a bad case if you want to get rid of affirmative action. At least ethically and logically. Racists can get rid of it for any reason they want. But we’re talking about the black robes of SCOTUS here.
June 14, 2021
Asian American Pacific Islander
Do People Really Think Harvard Admissions Discriminates Against Asians?
Harvard’s admissions process is based on a holistic sense of the applicant, not just grades and test scores. It’s a lot like other schools’ methods where grades and test scores and race are just one factor. It’s a method that has stood up to court challenges for years.
April 12, 2021
African-American
Doctoral Students Release Letter Denouncing Harvard’s Decision to Deny Dr. Cornel West Tenure
Earlier this week, Dr. Cornel West, professor and activist, threatened to leave Harvard University after his request to be considered for tenure was denied. Mafaz Al-Suwaidan and over 60 other doctoral students have released a letter challenging Harvard’s decision and standing in solidarity with West.
February 23, 2021
Tenure
After Harvard Refuses to Take Up His Tenure Case, Dr. Cornel West Threatens to Leave
Dr. Cornel West—arguably one of the nation’s most prominent Black intellectuals—is contemplating leaving Harvard for the second time, after the university has refused to grant him tenure. West, who had been a tenured full professor at Harvard left in 2002 amid a public spat with Dr. Lawrence Summers, then president of Harvard. He returned to […]
February 21, 2021
Latest News
Harvard’s Promise to Hire Ethnic Studies Faculty Prompts Cynicism
Harvard University is looking to hire three to four faculty ethnic studies faculty by the end of the academic year.
November 13, 2020
News Roundup
Appeals Court Upholds Harvard’s Affirmative Action Practices
An appeals court in Boston upheld a lower circuit court ruling that Harvard University’s admissions process does not discriminate against Asian students. “The district court properly concluded that Harvard does not utilize quotas and does not engage in racial balancing,” read the First Circuit Court of Appeals opinion issued on Thursday. “The issue before us […]
November 12, 2020
Opinion
Am I Too Diverse for Academia?
When I turned 7 years old, my friends found it rather strange that my family cooked a pig underground for my backyard birthday party. In high school, my friends were shocked to learn that only one of my parents had a high school diploma. And, in college, I had to explain to friends that it was an endearing greeting when my relatives closely sniffed their cheeks.
October 22, 2020
African-American
Harvard Medical School Renames Academic Society After First Black Tenured Professor
Harvard Medical School Dean George Q. Daley has approved renaming the school’s Holmes Society in honor of physician-scientist William Augustus Hinton, the first Black tenured professor at Harvard, The Harvard Crimson reported. Two medical students had started a petition to rename the Holmes Society earlier in 2020, accruing more than 1,000 signatures. A task force […]
October 7, 2020
Asian American Pacific Islander
Study Finds Evidence That Counters Legal Complaints Filed Against Yale and Harvard
A new study found evidence that counters legal complaints that Asian American students faced consequences if they were not admitted and or did not attend their first-choice school, according to the American Educational Research Association (AERA). The two complaints, filed by the Coalition of Asian American Associations and the Asian American Coalition for Education (AACE), […]
August 24, 2020
Faculty & Staff
Minoritized Senior Faculty in Higher Education, Please Stand Up
Recently, the tenure denials of faculty such as Sibrina Collins at the College of Wooster, Lorgia GarcĂa-Peña at Harvard University, Paul Harris and Tolu Odumosu at the University of Virginia, and Ashley Woodson at the University of Missouri at Columbia, have reignited a conversation about the role of bias in tenure and promotion processes. But also, the role of tenured senior faculty of color in not only mentoring their junior colleagues, but also working to disrupt and revise these processes. Reimagining these processes in a way that is grounded in equity and justice, we offer a few recommendations.
July 8, 2020
COVID-19
Harvard Drops SAT/ACT Requirement for Fall 2021 Applicants
Citing the upending of schedules due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Harvard University on Monday said it will drop the requirement of standardized exams, such as the SAT or ACT, for fall 2021 applicants, making the submission of these test scores optional. “We understand that the COVID-19 pandemic has created insurmountable challenges in scheduling tests for […]
June 16, 2020
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