Thursday, September 07, 2023

Meritocracy, SAT Scores, and Laundering Prestige at Elite Universities — Manifold #43

 

I discuss 10 key graphs related to meritocracy and university admissions. Predictive power of SATs and other factors in elite admissions decisions. College learning outcomes - what do students learn? The four paths to elite college admission. Laundering prestige at the Ivies. 

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CLA and college learning outcomes

Harvard Veritas: Interview with a recent graduate 

Defining Merit - Human Capital and Harvard University


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0:00 Introduction 
1:28 University of California system report and the use of SAT scores admissions 
8:04 Longitudinal study on gifted students and SAT scores (SMPY) 
12:53 Unprecedented data on earnings outcomes and SAT scores 
15:43 How SAT scores and university pedigree influence opportunities at elite firms 
17:35 Non-academic factors fail to predict student success 
20:49 Predicted earnings 
24:24 Measured benefit of Ivy Plus attendance 
28:25 CLA: 13 university study on college learning outcomes 
32:34 Does college education improve generalist skills and critical thinking? 
42:15 The composition of elite universities: 4 paths to admission 
48:12 What happened to meritocracy? 
51:48 Hard versus Soft career tracks 
54:43 Cognitive elite at Ivies vs state flagship universities 
57:11 What happened to Caltech?

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