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Re:Harvard University Won’t Require SAT, ACT for Admissions ... by seisvelas on Monday June 15, 2020 @11:19PM (#23535638)
Maybe they found that SAT/ACT were not good criteria for selecting the best candidates.
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Re:Harvard University Won’t Require SAT, ACT for Admissions ... by andreilys on Monday June 15, 2020 @11:32PM (#23535710)
May or may not be related to the lawsuits they’ve been dealing with recently.
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Re:Harvard University Won’t Require SAT, ACT for Admissions ... by bsder on Monday June 15, 2020 @11:52PM (#23535801)
SAT/ACT tests provide "objective" data that can then be used in lawsuits to prove discrimination.

Can't win the lawsuit? Eliminate the proof!

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Re:Harvard University Won’t Require SAT, ACT for Admissions ... by seltzered_ on Tuesday June 16, 2020 @12:17AM (#23535904)
You made me dig up some articles on this:

Harvard did win the bias lawsuit last year (october 2019): https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/oct/01/harvard-ruli...

The organization challenging this is still there: https://studentsforfairadmissions.org/

Here's their latest complaint (march 2020): http://samv91khoyt2i553a2t1s05i-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-c...

Their latest update links to this paper (april 2020): http://samv91khoyt2i553a2t1s05i-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-c...

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Re:Harvard University Won’t Require SAT, ACT for Admissions ... by boomboomsubban on Tuesday June 16, 2020 @12:04AM (#23535851)
They won the lawsuit...
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