Thursday, March 25, 2010

U. of California Leaders Call for Expanding Holistic Review in Admissions (Chronicle of Higher Education)
Leaders of the University of California apologized on Wednesday for recent incidents reflecting racial and ethnic intolerance on several campuses and proposed revising admissions policies systemwide to increase the enrollment of minority students. Speaking at a Board of Regents meeting in San Francisco, Mark G. Yudof, the system's president, said he had asked the Academic Senate to consider requiring all nine campuses to adopt consistent holistic-review practices that consider students' life experiences, as well as test scores and grades. The Los Angeles Times quoted Mr. Yudof as saying, "I want a system that is less mechanical and takes a serious look at a range of talents and skills and history, and takes into account poverty."

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

This sounds like politics at its worst. It appears that something is being done, when, in fact, the "system" Yudof is calling for will produce pointless and fruitless churning, nothing more. Meanwhile, things grow worse. (Not that it is clear what can be done!)

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