Affirmative action at US colleges has been banned

Re:Affirmative action at US colleges has been banned by WalterBright on Thursday June 29, 2023 @08:17PM (#36528746)

> many universities also have affirmative action for children of alumni

I suspect that's strongly correlated to whether those alumni made contributions to the university or not.

I know several children of alumni that were rejected - and their parents hadn't made donations, either.

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Re:Affirmative action at US colleges has been banned by pohl on Thursday June 29, 2023 @08:51PM (#36529057)

So affirmative action for children of wealthy alumni, then.

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Re:Affirmative action at US colleges has been banned by WalterBright on Thursday June 29, 2023 @11:35PM (#36530227)

Nope. It's quid pro quo.

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Re:Affirmative action at US colleges has been banned by pohl on Friday June 30, 2023 @06:36AM (#36532684)

Preferring a euphemism doesn’t make it a different thing.

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Re:Affirmative action at US colleges has been banned by WalterBright on Friday June 30, 2023 @10:52AM (#36535933)

Calling a spade a hammer is not helpful.

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Re:Affirmative action at US colleges has been banned by pohl on Friday June 30, 2023 @11:10AM (#36536285)

I'm chuffed to be praised with such faint critique.

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