Harvard University Won’t Require SAT, ACT for Admissions Next Year

Re:Harvard University Won’t Require SAT, ACT for Admissions ... by honkycat on Tuesday June 16, 2020 @12:43PM (#23541199)

The US is politically constipated. The people at the top do not want to help the people at the bottom at their expense, even though they have ALL of the power at this point.

They are not malicious, per se, but they don't explicitly care that a large portion of the population is becoming so abject that working in the amazon fulfillment gulags is their only option, and that public infrastructure is crumbling.

So when you ask: "Why doesn't the US do something GOOD for once?" The answer is: Oh, we want to. But our lords purse strings are too tight.

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Re:Harvard University Won’t Require SAT, ACT for Admissions ... by not_a_moth on Wednesday June 17, 2020 @01:45AM (#23548205)

I hear you, but there's still market incentives for companies to participate: cheap labor for 2-3 years with good likelihood of a useful employee afterwards. I think in Germany they're paid ~ 1k Eur/mo. Clearly a progressive element helping those can't go to college so a branding value for SV types too.

Beyond that the administration of the program, certification at the end, etc. probably wouldn't be so expensive.

Think it shouldn't be viewed as threatening.

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