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Looks like something that could be easily addressed by colleges if they chose to. Simply ignore publications for the obvious reason --- they are easily faked a
by jqpabc123 3y ago
Looks like something that could be easily addressed by colleges if they chose to.
Simply ignore publications for the obvious reason --- they are easily faked and authorship is suspect. Problem solved.
- dragonwriter 3y agoColleges have an incentive not to promote the idea that publications are irrelevant because they are easily faked and authorship is suspect, though. And the better a college is perceived to be in the current higher ed environment, the stronger that incentive is.
- bell-cot 3y agoWhat "problem"? The applicants with papers are demonstrating that their families have plenty of money, that they are eager to game the college admissions system, and that they're happy to genuflect before the alter of academic elitism. What better signals could there be, for the sort of applicants who colleges actually want to admit? Edit: Okay, if a kid's family bought him an Axiom Space ticket or few, that'd clearly be better.