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Re:Harvard University Won’t Require SAT, ACT for Admissions ... by wutbrodo on Tuesday June 16, 2020 @01:26AM (#23536183)
It doesn't make sense to assume that the HS student population is uniformly qualified to meet Harvard's admissions bar (absent explicit racial discrimination). There's a reason nobody really accuses the NBA of racial discrimination in drafting players.
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Re:Harvard University Won’t Require SAT, ACT for Admissions ... by shreygineer on Tuesday June 16, 2020 @01:42AM (#23536252)
It's not really fair to compare the NBA to Harvard. The NBA is a for-profit institution in the entertainment business that is interested in drafting the most talented players to get the most views and therefore, the most most money.

Harvard is a non-profit institute that seeks to create a diverse & successful that leave a mark on the world, which therefore upholds the eliteness of Harvard.

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Re:Harvard University Won’t Require SAT, ACT for Admissions ... by cambalache on Tuesday June 16, 2020 @03:18AM (#23536697)
> The NBA is a for-profit institution in the entertainment business that is interested in drafting the most talented players to get the most views and therefore, the most most money.

So exactly like Hollywood who has rightly or wrongly be heavily campaigned against because of discrimination, btw it is ironic but if you check the numbers white women are over represented same as black people, the 2 leading-voices among the minorities, its is Asian- Americans, Hispanic-Americans and Native Americans who are completely sidelined in that industry.

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Re:Harvard University Won’t Require SAT, ACT for Admissions ... by hejja on Tuesday June 16, 2020 @03:35AM (#23536784)
harvard has the right to implement its own standards, to be sure.

but who is implementing this, exactly, and on what agenda?

it's "harvard" the institution, the non-profit business.

instead of having a clear motive: making money, we have to guess what "diverse and successful" means.

does a powerful institution in our society owe us an explanation for this? maybe not.

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