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Re:SAT (and ACT) scores are highly predictive of academic ac... by sfink on Monday February 05, 2024 @01:30PM (#39264854)
Only if your only criterion for success is diversity. I don't think the intention has ever been to recruit evenly from all zip codes or whatever. My understanding is that the idea is to have a substantial portion come from a less advantaged population. (Heck, these universities still need to have a lot of wealthy kids so their families give them lots of money. A dozen self-made millionaires aren't worth much compared to a handful of trust fund billionaires.)

If I flip your numbers around, it actually sounds pretty good: a full quarter of the alumni come from the bottom 80% of zip codes!

Re:SAT (and ACT) scores are highly predictive of academic ac... by nyrikki on Monday February 05, 2024 @01:35PM (#39264949)
The priority is a large educated workforce while not tossing away potential talent because they were born to the wrong parents.

But note that teams built from cognitively diverse members are far more productive while homogeneous teams dramatically underperform.

https://hbr.org/2017/03/teams-solve-problems-faster-when-the...