College Needs A Reckoning: Here’s Who Paid For COVID And DEI Failure
This opinion article from the Hoover Institution argues that the test-optional college admissions experiment, initiated during COVID-19 and driven by DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) ideology, has failed. It cites Columbia University's reinstatement of SAT/ACT requirements and a petition from over 1,000 UC STEM professors as evidence. The author contends that qualified, hardworking students were denied admission in favor of less prepared applicants, leading to unprepared students, inflated grades, and faculty revolts. The piece criticizes the lack of accountability for administrators and activists who promoted these policies, using a quote from Thomas Sowell to highlight the disparity in consequences between engineers and intellectuals. The author concludes that students and society are now paying the price for this social engineering experiment.
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