Vivek Ramaswamy suspects that Harvard's and Yale's decision to stop participating in U.S. News & World report rankings was driven by affirmative action cases.
The former Yale and Harvard graduate says "the curious timing of these decisions" makes it appear as though they were driven by preparation for the Supreme Court likely striking down affirmative action.Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action
Harvard Law listed its own concerns about aspects of the U.S. News ranking methodology. Parts of the process, the school argued,"work against law schools’ commitments to enhancing the socioeconomic diversity of our classes; to allocating financial aid to students based on need; and, through loan repayment and public interest fellowships, to supporting graduates interested in careers serving the public interest.
"And I think the calculus that some of them are making is to say that, ‘OK, if we can de-emphasize not only U.S. News & World Report rankings, but de-emphasize quantitative attributes for admission more generally, then at least we can achieve diversity by leaving it to randomness, leaving it to chance," Ramaswamy said.
"Today, 20% of a law school’s overall ranking is median LSAT/GRE scores and GPAs," Gerken said in the statement announcing its."While academic scores are an important tool, they don’t always capture the full measure of an applicant. This heavily weighted metric imposes tremendous pressure on schools to overlook promising students, especially those who cannot afford expensive test preparation courses.
"It is institutionalized racism in the purest form," Ramaswamy said."I think it is the single greatest form of institutionalized racism in America today. And I think it is bad for Black Americans, as it is for White Americans, as it is for Asian Americans. It's bad in different ways for each of those groups. And ultimately I think it's a failed experiment.
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