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...needs to be taught. “The Ph.D, in my knowledge, is the only major professional program in the United States that does not prepare students for the activity that they will spend most of their professional lives [doing],” he said. Critical thinking might be colleges?? primary goal, but they’re not accomplishing it very well, he said. To combat a regression in these skills, he said colleges must “make major efforts to shift the methods of teaching from passive lectures to more active instruction.” Bok?...
...Republican from Iowa whose committee has been looking at the tax- exempt status of several non-profits including hospitals and universities, heard testimony from witnesses, which included the author of “The Price of Admission: How America’s Ruling Class Buys Its Way into Elite Colleges??and Who Gets Left Outside the Gates,” Daniel L. Golden ’78, and two Harvard professors...
...editors: The reason why Asians appear “underrepresented” in elite college admissions is because they are in fact overrepresented. Although they only comprise 4.5 percent of the US population, they comprise nearly 20-30 percent of top colleges?? students. To correct for this over-representation, and maybe their societal advantage in gaining access to higher level secondary education, colleges are now admitting a lower percentage of Asians. MICHAEL T. COSCETTA ’03 Paramus, NJ November...
...admissions practices at top-tier universities that would earn him a Pulitzer Prize. Many of the articles, and the vast majority of Golden’s book—“The Price of Admission: How America’s Ruling Class Buys Its Way into Elite Colleges??and Who Gets Left Outside the Gates,” published in September—focus on preferences given to wealthy white students. However, sandwiched between chapters on “A Break for Faculty Brats” and “The Legacy Establishment” lies...
...admissions officers obscured previously straightforward admissions criteria.“There were people reviewing applications who didn’t really know the schools they were dealing with. They didn’t really know how to read the transcripts,” says Polk. This induced confusion about colleges?? expectations and, when coupled with larger applicant pools and overworked guidance counselors, left students and parents bewildered about the application process, across the spectrum.A new breed stepped in to fill the void. College consultants, many with admissions committee experience, claim to clarify it.Keith A. Berman, a doctoral student...