She isn't White. I talk to some of those kinds of White liberal women, and they are becoming more open to White Nationalist based policies on immigration, now it is impacting their lives more negatively
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She isn't White. I talk to some of those kinds of White liberal women, and they are becoming more open to White Nationalist based policies on immigration, now it is impacting their lives more negatively
How is she not "white"?
She is jewish.
Got it....makes sense now. "White" when it suits them....
She’s a “fellow white”.
Blacks, Latinos, women most affected.
They will make excellent loan applicants.
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Couldn't solve:
7 + 2 = [ ] + 6.
The report found that 40 percent of students deficient in arithmetic also couldn’t write.
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In early 2020, the University of California set the tone for the rest of the country when its regents voted to drop SAT and ACT admissions requirements through 2024. That decision, initially framed as a pandemic necessity, quickly reshaped admissions nationwide. By late 2022, roughly 1,750 schools, or about 80 percent of U.S. universities, had adopted test-optional policies, according to Forbes.
“It’s a sea change in terms of how admissions decisions are being made,” Robert Schaeffer, of the National Center for Fair and Open Testing, told NBC News.
“The pandemic created a natural experiment.”
Five years later, the results of this “natural experiment” are in. A report released by UC San Diego in November tells the story.
“Over the past five years, UC San Diego has experienced a steep decline in the academic preparation of its entering first-year students—particularly in mathematics, but also in writing and language skills,” a new university report reads.
“This trend poses serious challenges both to student success and to the university’s instructional mission.”
Those words might sound ominous, but they don’t do justice to just how bad the slide has been.
Roughly 1 in 8 UCSD freshmen are working with math skills that don’t clear the high school bar - a 30-fold jump since 2020.
It gets worse, however.
The report concluded that 70 percent of those students fall below middle school levels.
To give you an idea of what we’re talking about, a full quarter of students failed to solve the following equation: 7 + 2 = [ ] + 6.
This means that my 9-year-old son, who tests high in math, is likely more equipped mathematically than many of these college students. I say this not as a point of pride, but to emphasize the disservice done to students thrust into (very pricey) college courses.
It’s not just math, however.
The report found that 40 percent of students deficient in arithmetic also couldn’t write (or, in the euphemistic language of the report, “required remedial writing instruction”).
The report was unflinching in its assessment.
“Admitting large numbers of students who are profoundly underprepared [for college] risks harming the very students we hope to support, by setting them up for failure,” it declares.
UC San Diego should be commended for coming forward to report a phenomenon that is undoubtedly true at universities across the country.
Many at the time warned that ditching standardized tests was a bad idea. Research shows that high school GPAs don’t tell you much about how students perform once they get to campus. Standardized test results, however, do.
So, why did universities engage in this “natural experiment”?
There is no single answer, but politics, ideology, and crass incentives all played a role.
Let’s start with politics.
As David Leonhardt pointed out in the New York Times, universities are run by progressives, and “standardized tests have become especially unpopular among political progressives.”
Some progressives say standardized tests cause too much stress.
Others say they’re biased to explain why men score higher, on average, than women and why some racial groups perform better than others.
Ideology, a kissing cousin of politics, also plays a role. The fact that universities ditched standardized testing during the peak of the DEI craze is not a coincidence. As Leonhardt noted in the New York Times, the hostility to standardized tests is based largely “on the theory that they hurt diversity.”
This is a kooky claim for various reasons, not least because it is rooted in bigotry. But there was also a method to the madness. Abandoning standardized tests, which are rooted in objectivity, gave universities the ability to admit students on their terms. By making admission more subjective, universities were giving themselves cover for their own unlawful admissions policies.
Finally, there’s the financial incentive.
It’s no secret that demand for higher education is plummeting. (This trend is partly driven by pure demographics, but high tuition and the diminishing value of college degrees also play a role.)
As a result, universities are confronting an “enrollment cliff.” While declining numbers of new students would have posed a challenge regardless, the problem was worsened by pandemic-era learning losses caused by widespread high school closures. Removing standardized tests was a (kind of) solution to this problem. If not enough students are qualified to attend university, remove the qualifications.
In the end, ditching standardized tests will be remembered as a chapter in the broader story of the decline of U.S. universities. The decision didn’t cause the fall, but it accelerated a trend toward lower academic standards—one that harmed not just the reputation of universities, but also students who were admitted for all the wrong reasons.
Sadly, they will be left paying the price.
They will make excellent loan applicants.
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Couldn't solve:
7 + 2 = [ ] + 6.
The report found that 40 percent of students deficient in arithmetic also couldn’t write.
=============================
It's Official: Ditching The SATs Was A Big Mistake
It's Official: Ditching The SATs Was A Big Mistake | ZeroHedge
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In early 2020, the University of California set the tone for the rest of the country when its regents voted to drop SAT and ACT admissions requirements through 2024. That decision, initially framed as a pandemic necessity, quickly reshaped admissions nationwide. By late 2022, roughly 1,750 schools, or about 80 percent of U.S. universities, had adopted test-optional policies, according to Forbes.
“It’s a sea change in terms of how admissions decisions are being made,” Robert Schaeffer, of the National Center for Fair and Open Testing, told NBC News.
“The pandemic created a natural experiment.”
Five years later, the results of this “natural experiment” are in. A report released by UC San Diego in November tells the story.
“Over the past five years, UC San Diego has experienced a steep decline in the academic preparation of its entering first-year students—particularly in mathematics, but also in writing and language skills,” a new university report reads.
“This trend poses serious challenges both to student success and to the university’s instructional mission.”
Those words might sound ominous, but they don’t do justice to just how bad the slide has been.
Roughly 1 in 8 UCSD freshmen are working with math skills that don’t clear the high school bar - a 30-fold jump since 2020.
It gets worse, however.
The report concluded that 70 percent of those students fall below middle school levels.
To give you an idea of what we’re talking about, a full quarter of students failed to solve the following equation: 7 + 2 = [ ] + 6.
This means that my 9-year-old son, who tests high in math, is likely more equipped mathematically than many of these college students. I say this not as a point of pride, but to emphasize the disservice done to students thrust into (very pricey) college courses.
It’s not just math, however.
The report found that 40 percent of students deficient in arithmetic also couldn’t write (or, in the euphemistic language of the report, “required remedial writing instruction”).
The report was unflinching in its assessment.
“Admitting large numbers of students who are profoundly underprepared [for college] risks harming the very students we hope to support, by setting them up for failure,” it declares.
UC San Diego should be commended for coming forward to report a phenomenon that is undoubtedly true at universities across the country.
Many at the time warned that ditching standardized tests was a bad idea. Research shows that high school GPAs don’t tell you much about how students perform once they get to campus. Standardized test results, however, do.
So, why did universities engage in this “natural experiment”?
There is no single answer, but politics, ideology, and crass incentives all played a role.
Let’s start with politics.
As David Leonhardt pointed out in the New York Times, universities are run by progressives, and “standardized tests have become especially unpopular among political progressives.”
Some progressives say standardized tests cause too much stress.
Others say they’re biased to explain why men score higher, on average, than women and why some racial groups perform better than others.
Ideology, a kissing cousin of politics, also plays a role. The fact that universities ditched standardized testing during the peak of the DEI craze is not a coincidence. As Leonhardt noted in the New York Times, the hostility to standardized tests is based largely “on the theory that they hurt diversity.”
This is a kooky claim for various reasons, not least because it is rooted in bigotry. But there was also a method to the madness. Abandoning standardized tests, which are rooted in objectivity, gave universities the ability to admit students on their terms. By making admission more subjective, universities were giving themselves cover for their own unlawful admissions policies.
Finally, there’s the financial incentive.
It’s no secret that demand for higher education is plummeting. (This trend is partly driven by pure demographics, but high tuition and the diminishing value of college degrees also play a role.)
As a result, universities are confronting an “enrollment cliff.” While declining numbers of new students would have posed a challenge regardless, the problem was worsened by pandemic-era learning losses caused by widespread high school closures. Removing standardized tests was a (kind of) solution to this problem. If not enough students are qualified to attend university, remove the qualifications.
In the end, ditching standardized tests will be remembered as a chapter in the broader story of the decline of U.S. universities. The decision didn’t cause the fall, but it accelerated a trend toward lower academic standards—one that harmed not just the reputation of universities, but also students who were admitted for all the wrong reasons.
Sadly, they will be left paying the price.
GrecoRoman
Catholic
I attended a training like this at a place I used to work at. The speaker was some boomer liberal feminist and she went on and on about how being white is a privilege. I zoned out over the online meeting and just left it on while I did something else.
The best part of the entire thing is during my review my boss at that time who also hated DEI gave me the highest score for sitting through the meeting. His comment in person was “I’m giving you the highest score for sitting through that bullshit with that hag, if we have to listen to this crap we might as well get bigger bonuses. Congratulations.”
Dayum! Finding a fellow hag disrespecter is almost worth it.
DEI caused our current bout of enshitification. What they don’t tell you is white guys are still the majority. When you have meritocracy that white guy who got the job had to outcompete everyone. We don’t see the losers who didn’t get the job.
Ever since Fentanyl Floyd, a lot of companies only insisted on hiring blacks for a reckoning… idk something dumb. Well blacks make up 13% of the population and of those with the qualifications… you’re competing against what 5 other applicants while the white guy had to compete against 50. I heard the term mediocre white male thrown around a lot but in all reality I think America has a mediocre black male problem. I kind of feel bad for high performing black people because now when they do have a position of power the first thing everyone’s going to think is DEI. I could see in the 2050s 2060s the white candidate becoming more desirable because people will think “he had to compete for his position, he’s good”
How many grifters have high paying jobs because of DEI schemes?
Ever since Fentanyl Floyd, a lot of companies only insisted on hiring blacks for a reckoning… idk something dumb. Well blacks make up 13% of the population and of those with the qualifications… you’re competing against what 5 other applicants while the white guy had to compete against 50. I heard the term mediocre white male thrown around a lot but in all reality I think America has a mediocre black male problem. I kind of feel bad for high performing black people because now when they do have a position of power the first thing everyone’s going to think is DEI. I could see in the 2050s 2060s the white candidate becoming more desirable because people will think “he had to compete for his position, he’s good”
How many grifters have high paying jobs because of DEI schemes?
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cormy_cormorant
Catholic
how to trap her kind. just ask her if holocaust "victims" were white
Is it bad after looking into this story, I feel validated. All the set backs and hiccups in my life were really due to this. However, if white guys blame their issues on DEI, are we just the same as the black guy going “the white mans keeping us down.” Personally I see it more so “boomer and their pet ideology is keeping us down” than “darkie is keeping us down.” Boomers created the grift to steal white millennial futures.
With the new Indian middle management, who will cut out Blacks, Black Americans are in for a very rough future. They made their bed in it by biting the hand that fed them, now it is about to blow back on them.
For now. Watch there be mass forgiveness in 2028. I’ll be done by then tho.