When MIT brought back the SAT, I think a year or two ago, it issued a public notice/explanation why it was doing so. It was shortish, but had 2 footnotes, I remember, alas no link.
And I remember MIT stating in one of the footnotes that it offered classes to catch-up students that were not as proficient in Math as they should be. But then it said that those classes only went to either Calculus 1 or more likely, Algebra 2?
So what it was saying, in essence, was that by removing the SAT, it had admitted students who performed at a level for whom even its catch-up were too rigorous. I was amazed.
I know that there has been a noticeable amount of attention paid to the drop in Black/Hispanic enrollments at MIT and other selective schools, but nonetheless, some were enrolled. Won't these universities ask about the study/family life of these students and apply those lessons to others?
So, I wonder, Is the ultimate issue that within progressive/left circles, it is practically verboten to in any way responsibilitize Black and Hispanic for their situation? Because to do so is to re-victimize the victim and possibly most of all, to dilute the notion of systemic racism.
When MIT brought back the SAT, I think a year or two ago, it issued a public notice/explanation why it was doing so. It was shortish, but had 2 footnotes, I remember, alas no link.
And I remember MIT stating in one of the footnotes that it offered classes to catch-up students that were not as proficient in Math as they should be. But then it said that those classes only went to either Calculus 1 or more likely, Algebra 2?
So what it was saying, in essence, was that by removing the SAT, it had admitted students who performed at a level for whom even its catch-up were too rigorous. I was amazed.
I know that there has been a noticeable amount of attention paid to the drop in Black/Hispanic enrollments at MIT and other selective schools, but nonetheless, some were enrolled. Won't these universities ask about the study/family life of these students and apply those lessons to others?
So, I wonder, Is the ultimate issue that within progressive/left circles, it is practically verboten to in any way responsibilitize Black and Hispanic for their situation? Because to do so is to re-victimize the victim and possibly most of all, to dilute the notion of systemic racism.