More coverage of elite college admissions in the links below.
Inside Higher Ed on the Espenshade study (see comments!). NYTimes blog on "merit" and admissions angst.
Whistle blower report by a UCLA professor Timothy Groseclose on administration attempts to circumvent Proposition 209. If you read this report you will have a good idea of the micro-level dynamics and political economy of UC admissions. The title is pretty strong: Report on suspected malfeasance in UCLA admissions and the accompanying cover-up; let's see how long Groseclose retains the Marvin Hoffenberg Chair of American Politics :-/
The comments on NYTimes blog are fun to read. I think I'm going to start using YAES: yet another eagle scout. But what do I know, I was a legacy admit at Caltech.
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