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Johns Hopkins Ditched Legacy Admissions to Boost Diversity – And It Worked
In 2014, Johns Hopkins University got rid of legacy as a factor in admissions, hoping to up its student diversity. Six years later, its president, Ronald J. Daniels, wrote about the decision in The Atlantic. In sum, it worked.
February 5, 2020
Opinion
The Myth of Meritocracy
To my high school guidance counselor, I wasn’t college material. I remember flipping through the dusty pages of the massive dictionary in the school library to find the definition of the word meritocracy: “the holding of power by people selected based on their ability.” I needed to understand why she repeated that word to me and some of my classmates to limit our options.
March 13, 2019
Opinion
My Father to Me, Is the Father He Never Had
I have had the privilege of having my father in my life. Like my best friend, my father’s father was absent from his life. My father to me, is the father he never had.
June 13, 2018
Students
Legacy Preferences Challenged at Elite Schools
BOSTON — Students and alumni at some of the nation’s top universities are urging their schools to reconsider admissions policies that give an edge to relatives of alumni. Campus groups for first-generation and low-income students at 12 elite universities issued a joint letter Wednesday asking their schools to review the impact of so-called legacy admissions […]
February 14, 2018
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