Federal Government's letter to Harvard demanding changes [pdf]

Re:Federal Government's letter to Harvard demanding changes ... by sophacles on Monday April 14, 2025 @03:08PM (#43684935)

Nah, you're just confusing the KPI with the desire.

You get different viewpoints by having people with different sets of experience.

Differing gender, race, and socioeconomic backgrounds are drivers of different experiences, and therefore viewpoints. You can't easily measure "did this company hire different experiences", but you can easily measure "did this company hire a bunch of different genders, races, etc", which doesn't guarantee differing viewpoints in individuals, but does strongly suggest it in aggregate/at the statistical level.

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Re:Federal Government's letter to Harvard demanding changes ... by variadix on Monday April 14, 2025 @03:47PM (#43685471)

This is so hilariously reductive it reads like satire. As if someone’s life experience can be deduced from their immutable characteristics.

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Re:Federal Government's letter to Harvard demanding changes ... by wredcoll on Tuesday April 15, 2025 @02:16AM (#43689531)

Yes, congratulations, you've understood why it's extremely difficult. Well done.

I suppose next you'll tell me that either you don't understand it so it shouldn't be done or that because it's hard people should give up.

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Re:Federal Government's letter to Harvard demanding changes ... by intended on Tuesday April 15, 2025 @05:15AM (#43690621)

Your argument dropped something - the self selecting applicant pool for Harvard.

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