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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Has anyone explained why a public university is allowed to have a different admission standard for one single city and not any other jurisdiction in the state?[/quote] Why on earth wouldn’t it “be allowed”? Anyone can move to ACPS if they feel like the admissions process is too difficult for them. [/quote] GMU serves the whole state, not ACPS. [/quote] [b]OK. And... Why on earth wouldn't it "be allowed"? [/quote][/b] DP but I suspect the pilot program won't withstand a court challenge. why should only one county in an entire state get a priviletged program? Why am I, a Fairfax county taxpayer paying for a program for ACPS students - which effectively takes spots away from my own children? I'm really surprised this one got by the lawyers on GMU's board. Doesn't this violate equal protection laws?[/quote] [b]Challenge of what exactly? It’s not taking away spots, it’s removing barriers for applications. GMU accepts many, many students and these students would likely have been admitted anyway. Part of its mission is to be inclusive. First gen students is a key focus of that. [/quot[/b]e] That's pretty obvious. GMU is giving special perks to a particular high school in Alexandria, VA. 3.25 is below the 25th percentile for GMU. This is an end-run around the SCOTUS decision to get minority students. Of course the program won't withstand a court challenge. Why would it? I know lawyers on the board and am really surprised it made it this far. Of course, any board can throw out a proposal like this but then the university has to pay for counsel to defend it in court, which is a sad misuse of taxpayer money. And it cannot stand. Check in a year from now on this. Public universities cannot select a particular high school based upon demographics and give their students access that is not available to anyone else in the state. That should be obvious to anyone. It's just sloppy. Even California has not done this[/quote] Is parent education level a protected class?[/quote]
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