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Should university admissions be determined solely by examination performance, or should they assess the applicant as a whole? artwork
Society & Culture

Should university admissions be determined solely by examination performance, or should they assess the applicant as a whole?

Network Capital by Network Capital

Jul 23, 202600:45:10Society & Culture

Harvard's holistic admissions system emerged in the 1920s, in part to reduce the number of Jewish students who had excelled under an examination-based system. "Character" and "fit" became the language through which discr...