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It was a tangential comment relating to natch saying, > I wonder if they still allow the names of admissions candidates to be revealed to the people who review
by repsilat 11y ago
It was a tangential comment relating to natch saying,
> I wonder if they still allow the names of admissions candidates to be revealed to the people who review the applications? It seems that hiding this would be a really basic step.
> And no I'm not saying that a name tells you the race. But sometimes it is an indication.
I guess a more relevant point is that if they think your race is relevant to admissions, then they're probably not thinking about removing names from the equation at all. I'd think that they'd happily admit to biases inherent in the process, but at the end of the day they'd argue that more information will allow them to make better decisions than less.
- natch 11y ago>they'd argue that more information will allow them to make better decisions than less. Better decisions for whom? Perhaps for their friends whose children are applying. Sure they might argue that, in any case. And it might even be true, if they were free from all bias, whether conscious or subconscious. If they think race is relevant, they should just put that right out in the open as a requirement. Especially if they think that more information will allow them to make better decisions than less.