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Maybe they found that SAT/ACT were not good criteria for selecting the best candidates.


May or may not be related to the lawsuits they’ve been dealing with recently.


SAT/ACT tests provide "objective" data that can then be used in lawsuits to prove discrimination.

Can't win the lawsuit? Eliminate the proof!


You made me dig up some articles on this:

Harvard did win the bias lawsuit last year (october 2019): https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/oct/01/harvard-ruli...

The organization challenging this is still there: https://studentsforfairadmissions.org/

Here's their latest complaint (march 2020): http://samv91khoyt2i553a2t1s05i-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-c...

Their latest update links to this paper (april 2020): http://samv91khoyt2i553a2t1s05i-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-c...


They won the lawsuit...




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