Your Cart is Empty
By Leo Nyberg and Aria Lynn-Skov
Yale Daily News
Yale recently proposed a settlement with the Trump administration in response to a broadening investigation into its graduate and undergraduate admissions practices, The New York Times reported on Friday. In May, the Department of Justice accused the Yale School of Medicine of discriminating against white and Asian applicants following a yearlong investigation into the school’s admissions practices. The Times found that the inquiry, which came in light of the 2023 Supreme Court ruling that deemed race-conscious admissions practices illegal, has expanded to scrutinize law school and undergraduate admissions.
Comments will be approved before showing up.
The recent report on the state of scholarship in the humanities and humanistic social sciences has renewed the debate over the internal politicization of academe. As one of its authors (speaking only for myself), I find the report relatively tepid.
Can faculty lead the reform of higher education from the inside — and if so, who checks whom?
The American Association of University Professors (AAUP), AFT Connecticut, Yale AAUP and the national AFT sent a letter to the Yale University Board of Trustees, urging them to reject any negotiated, closed-door settlement with the Trump administration regarding its admissions practices. The coalition warns that making concessions under political pressure would compromise Yale’s academic freedom, shared governance, and institutional independence.
