Brutkey

Sean Casten
@SeanCasten@mastodon.social

If you said yes to any of the above, then would you not also agree that those other measures of diversity (because that's what it is) should be factored in and that in some cases used to select people with lower test scores who bring those other attributes to campus? Of course you would!

Sean Casten
@SeanCasten@mastodon.social

And by the way, that applies just as much to hiring managers in the corporate world. (As an old HR consultant once told me, "businesses tend to hire for hard skills and fire for soft skills".) The easy metrics to capture are rarely the ones most likely to predict your long term fit and success.

Sean Casten
@SeanCasten@mastodon.social

Bottom line: it is in your self interest to maintain a diverse workforce / student body. It makes no more sense to say that a school can't prioritize a mix jocks/nerds/language majors/goth kids/etc over test scores alone than it does to consider race and gender. Unless you're a racist ass. /fin

Grandpa Don
@dbc3@mastodon.world

@SeanCasten@mastodon.social
This furher supports the position that separating fromthe federal government is the only soution (unless it can be purged NOW). State of Ilinois can forego $fed for univ, medicaid, etc if it keeps all the fed tax now flowing. Capture $withholding, $qtrly, every penny. Ca, Ny, Ma. Wa, all do the same. STARVE THE FEDGOVT!

They would cave in weeks because big $, red states would cave. Second Civil War, but without shooting. He could declare martial law, send troops, but to do what?

Timo
@timo21@mastodon.sdf.org

@SeanCasten@mastodon.social Those legacy admissions practices are also an issue.