A multi-factor admissions regime presented as character evaluation but used, in Jiang’s account, to preserve elite control.
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holistic admissions
A multi-factor admissions regime presented as character evaluation but used, in Jiang’s account, to preserve elite control.
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Holistic admissions and character assessment were built as discretionary screens that could preserve alumni power and exclude disfavored groups while appearing morally selective.
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"for them to get in they have to take a test and also they're in class with smart people people okay so now harvard..."
"good we need people who are manly who are strong who are brave we need white people okay so they develop this holistic system..."
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The lecture turns meritocracy from a school virtue into a trauma machine: Harvard invents selection as power preservation, Yale trains insecurity as ambition, and the winners become actors who can promise goodness while serving...
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