Sean Decatur, Author at The Hechinger Report

OPINION: Federal judge’s Harvard ruling was the right one — but here’s why it will have little impact on who is offered admission

by Sean Decatur October 2, 2019March 30, 2020

Sensational storylines aside, both the lawsuit brought against Harvard last fall and the “Operation Varsity Blues” scandal that swept universities this spring captured the public’s attention in part because they challenged the notion that college admission, at its core, is based on merit. I applaud the Federal judge’s decision that race may be used as […]