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Comment by nonethewiser

6 days ago

>The American university system is undeniably impactful on American success over the last century.

Merit based reforms would only help. What kind of DEI programs did Harvard have 100 years ago?

> What kind of DEI programs did Harvard have 100 years ago?

Amongst others, legacy admissions and discrimination against Jews, Catholics and non-whites. Let’s not pretend that Harvard’s admissions process, or American society more generally, was some kind of perfect meritocracy in 1925.