The Week in Admissions News
Attack on legacy admissions; Stanford’s history of anti-Jewish bias; activists resist “Dixie.”
October 31, 2022
- A new report strongly criticizes legacy admissions.
- Stanford University uncovered a history of the institution limiting Jewish student enrollments, and now the university is looking for ways to redress its past.
- Activists at the University of Alabama want a racist term removed from the fight song. Other students argue it’s not racist, it’s “tradition.”
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