It's not the NYT making the claims, they are merely reporting on them. And I think it's weird to just dismiss all evidence that conflicts with your priors. But

It's not the NYT making the claims, they are merely reporting on them. And I think it's weird to just dismiss all evidence that conflicts with your priors. But fine, how about the NY Post: https://nypost.com/2025/09/11/us-news/schools-may-be-using-affirmative-action-to-solve-the-boy-crisis/ https://nypost.com/2025/09/11/us-news/schools-may-be-using-a... Or how about this quote from a former admissions officer at Brandeis: "We might admit the male student and wait-list the female student because of wanting to get closer to this sort of gender parity in terms of percentages in the class." https://hechingerreport.org/an-unnoticed-result-of-the-decline-of-men-in-college-its-harder-for-women-to-get-in/ https://hechingerreport.org/an-unnoticed-result-of-the-decli...