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...American Medical College Application Service (AMCAS) made a major change in the way applicants self-report racial and ethnic identity. Prior to 2002, an applicant who chose to provide racial/ethnic data was forced to select a single ethnicity. Today, AMCAS follows the conventions of the U.S. Census Bureau and allows applicants to select multiple ethnicities,” Boodram wrote...
Harvard embodies an institutional commitment to excellence that is blind to racial, sexual or cultural identity. Our need-blind admissions policy selects students based on their potential for achievement, not on the basis of their conditions of origin. Aid policies ensure that no student is prevented from attending Harvard based on economic disadvantages. Fellowships and prizes are open to all Harvard students and are awarded on the basis of merit. Harvard’s policies and procedures have been carefully designed to avoid discriminating between its students on the basis of criteria irrelevant to the quality of their work...
...bill proposed two weeks ago by Senator Edward M. Kennedy ’54-’56 aims to prevent the rankings-happy mentality from shutting out access to higher education. The bill would force colleges to report the racial and economic breakdowns of their applicant pools, delineated early versus regular, in order to receive certain federal funding...
...liberty and equality, is no mere bystander of intolerant and repressive action. Many of America’s founders who espoused that “All men are created equal,” owned slaves in their own households; even modern United States history reveals subjugation of women and racial minorities, among others...
Like Harvard, Yale’s institutional frameworks for recruitment focus on racial diversity. A “multicultural recruitment program” is chaired by two staffers dedicated to developing plans for building a diverse student body. But another offer is aimed specifically at lower-income students: before they are even admitted, Yale will pay for a select group of students to visit the campus...