In Peter Schmidt's article, "Children Of Alumni Are Uniquely Harmed By Admissions Preferences, Study Finds", published in The chronicle of higher education, Schmidt argues that students who are admitted to cherished schools due to legacies and have lower grades than a normal student at that school, have done worse in school than a normal student. He backs this up with the fact that schools that are the most committed to acepting children of alumni have the highest dropout rates. The studies showed that even students who had extra consideration in admissions because they were an athlete or a minority still did not have the academic trouble that legacy students had. Barmak Nassirian, and Executive director of the American Association Of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers was quoted saying "just pile on more evidence that institutions ought to take a careful look at what they are doing on legacies."
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This is not the proper format. (I gave you a model -- top of SAW p. 284.)
ReplyDeleteIn Peter Schmidt's article,
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"Children Of Alumni Are Uniquely Harmed By Admissions Preferences, Study Finds", published in The chronicle of higher education,
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Schmidt argues that students who are admitted to cherished
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schools due to legacies and have lower grades than a normal student
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at that school, have done worse in school than a normal student.
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He backs this up with the fact that schools that are the most committed to acepting
-->accepting
children of alumni have the highest dropout rates. The studies showed
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that even students who had extra consideration in
-->who received preferential treatment by admissions because they were an athlete or a minority
-->they were athletes or minorities
still did not have the academic trouble that legacy students had. Barmak Nassirian, and
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Executive director of the American Association Of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers
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was quoted saying
-->as saying
"just pile on more evidence that institutions ought to take a careful look at what they are doing on legacies."
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http://chronicle.com/cgi-bin/printable.cgi?article=http://chronicle.com/weekly
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