Fire Them All; God Will Know His Own: Harvard's 7,024 Administrators

Re:Fire Them All; God Will Know His Own: Harvard's 7,024 Adm... by gautamdivgi on Friday December 02, 2022 @12:46PM (#33833892)

I would differ on this. It’s access to capital and connections. For the longest time access to capital in India has been limited and children are expected to support parents in their old age. Hence, the heavy move towards the cushy job at google. To be fair a large cohort of IIT & IISc grads come to top American universities.

I actually think standardized tests create more equality than other methods. The whole recommendation letter/essay/interview is an eyewash.

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Re:Fire Them All; God Will Know His Own: Harvard's 7,024 Adm... by paxys on Friday December 02, 2022 @12:53PM (#33834005)

> I actually think standardized tests create more equality than other methods

If that was actually the case then India wouldn't have a quota system where >50% of seats are reserved for certain castes and religions.

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Re:Fire Them All; God Will Know His Own: Harvard's 7,024 Adm... by gautamdivgi on Friday December 02, 2022 @01:03PM (#33834191)

Those are mostly political freebies. If you have someone using the reservation to gain admission there is no way they will be able to go through with recommendation letters/writing essays/interviews, etc.

Edit: In a way, the standardized testing made that inequality apparent and harder to wave your with a very ambiguous policy on inclusion.

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Re:Fire Them All; God Will Know His Own: Harvard's 7,024 Adm... by eklavya on Friday December 02, 2022 @01:10PM (#33834299)

To uphold equality I need to be punished for the sins of my fathers at least 2 generations before me. I have stopped complaining and my children and grandchildren will learn as well.

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Re:Fire Them All; God Will Know His Own: Harvard's 7,024 Adm... by selimthegrim on Saturday December 03, 2022 @09:26AM (#33843696)

Which religions?

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Re:Fire Them All; God Will Know His Own: Harvard's 7,024 Adm... by mensetmanusman on Friday December 02, 2022 @01:14PM (#33834368)

Connections is key and related to EQ. You can memorize all the works of physics and be horrible at making connections to get stuff done in the real world.

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Re:Fire Them All; God Will Know His Own: Harvard's 7,024 Adm... by geodel on Friday December 02, 2022 @01:15PM (#33834373)

> To be fair a large cohort of IIT & IISc grads come to top American universities.

Why are they coming to American universities when IITs and IISC have GATE exam for post graduate courses and none of the ridiculous process for admission?

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Re:Fire Them All; God Will Know His Own: Harvard's 7,024 Adm... by gautamdivgi on Friday December 02, 2022 @01:24PM (#33834531)

Connections and access to capital. Isn’t that why people move or get a job, etc.? And the fact that they can tolerate the ridiculously low PHD stipends.

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Re:Fire Them All; God Will Know His Own: Harvard's 7,024 Adm... by oefrha on Friday December 02, 2022 @01:18PM (#33834437)

Must be because they love ridiculous admission processes, not because American income is higher.

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