kuontom@kbin.social to Politics@kbin.social · 1 year agoActivists sue Harvard over legacy admissions after affirmative action rulingwww.cbsnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up167arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: politics@kbin.social
arrow-up167arrow-down1external-linkActivists sue Harvard over legacy admissions after affirmative action rulingwww.cbsnews.comkuontom@kbin.social to Politics@kbin.social · 1 year agomessage-square19fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: politics@kbin.social
A civil rights legal group is challenging legacy admissions at Harvard University, calling it racial discrimination.
minus-squaresnooggums@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up13·1 year agoIt is similar to nepotism and is extremely common, if not universal, in private higher education in the US which is the context for this lawsuit. I doubt it is limited to the US since we tend to copy practices from other countries that help the wealthy stay in power.
It is similar to nepotism and is extremely common, if not universal, in private higher education in the US which is the context for this lawsuit.
I doubt it is limited to the US since we tend to copy practices from other countries that help the wealthy stay in power.