Here’s an interesting insight on lefty college admissions committees:
http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2016-01-07/academics-are-so-lefty-they-don-t-even-see-it
It;s an “insight” from a woman with a very particular political view.
Oh please. When you find an article of value please post!
If the writer had a left-leaning opinion, would you still have put the scare-quotes around the word “insight”?
My point is that it is an opinion piece from a person with a very clear slant. lostaccount got my point. Also, since you don’t know anything about me, don’t presume my political leanings/biases either, please.
I wish people in the media who purport to educate others on “reality” would first educate themselves. And that others who then want to see (and recommend) these articles as “proof” would learn to vet them. And that some folks with an anti-liberal bias would have more resources to draw on than the hee-hee use of the word “lefty.” It’s all so empty.
Anytime an article begins based on anecdote (and the giveaway words, “Consider this recent account of…”) or focuses on anecdote, can’t you tell it’s carefully selected to make some point, not necessarily representative, at all? And do you not understand these media names are paid the big bucks to rile folks up, draw readership and thus advertising revenue, not necessarily expound on truths?
She is referring to a recent book on grad admissions that we paddled on another thread- another account of “how it is, really is” that doesn’t eve cite which colleges, of the few the author looked into. We are not flies on the wall, seeing this in action. If we can’t vet, we risk being Barnum’s fools. Ok?
@lookingforward - exactly
While this particular link may be somewhat worthless (what would you expect from a layman article?) in a certain sense, I find it annoying when liberals (there’s no need to be defensive about it) dismiss these kinds of notions without even discussing them. It’s not like conservatives are any better, but the point is that the OP had an issue s/he would like to discuss, and what you’re doing is just killing it.