‘As universities increasingly introduce subjective evaluation criteria to deal with the blowback against affirmative action, we should remember that these metrics invite every kind of prejudice imaginable’
The University of North Carolina uses essays to discriminate based on race, according to the analysis of a higher education scholar who obtained administrator emails.
“UNC’s Hussman School of Journalism and Media hosts the annual Chuck Stone Program for Diversity in Education & Media, which offers 12 high schoolers the opportunity to receive hands-on journalism experience,” Neetu Arnold wrote in an article for the Daily Caller. “Program alumni who end up at the journalism school receive special services such as mentors and career preparation support.”
🧵Are universities using application essays to racial discriminate?
— Neetu Arnold (@neetu_arnold) June 20, 2023
Emails I obtained from UNC demonstrate the kinds of problems that could occur as higher ed moves toward subjective criteria like essays pic.twitter.com/IzyuHqCRIR