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I see it different. These is a significant difference between a traditional objective checkbox based "education", and a more well-rounded, contemporary, forwar
by chiefalchemist 4y ago
I see it different.
These is a significant difference between a traditional objective checkbox based "education", and a more well-rounded, contemporary, forward-thinking "training".
The former has deep roots going futher back. The latter is to say, we know enough not to de-root from the past and look forward.
The future at this point is not in the past. We can't keep playing to a paradigm that's about the past.
- kelseyfrog 4y agoIf you'll allow me to demonstrate. If the admissions metrics associated with the former and the later both have racial implications. Deciding to favor one or the other will always pull in racial consequences. Those making those decisions (eg: "we chose <X>, and the subsequent changes in admission metrics _despite_ the racial implications") should be at the bare minimum be confronted with critique directly stemming from the such decisions.
- chiefalchemist 4y agoWhat I'm suggesting is Harvard more or less say "We're pivoting. We no longer consider ourselve a traditional higher learning institution...and thus our criteria and selection process is not - for good reason - limited to test scores and traditional metrics..."