College Board Ends Landscape Tool Amid Race-based Admissions Concerns

” I’m no fan of University Board obviously … yet I assumed Landscape was a thoughtful and good item,” he composed. “Now, it’s disappearing. You don’t have to be Wile E. Coyote to find out why. Somebody in DC has suggested it’s also close to ‘race based admissions’ (a point that does not exist) and ‘it would certainly be a shame if something occurred to your business.’ Or their attorneys surrendered willingly.”

“As federal and state policy remains to develop around exactly how institutions utilize market and geographic info in admissions, we are making an adjustment to guarantee our work continues to properly serve organizations and pupils,” University Board wrote in the brief announcement.

Landscape Tool Discontinued

Landscape, a College Board tool for giving colleges with details concerning the educational atmosphere of a candidate’s senior high school and community based upon publicly available info, has actually been stopped, the organization revealed today.

Fair Admissions Concerns

“Considering that the 2023 Supreme Court viewpoint in our Harvard and UNC instances, Trainees for Fair Admissions increased has problems that Landscape was little bit more than a masked proxy for race in the admissions procedure. We are gratified that this troublesome tool will no longer be made use of to influence who is and that is not confessed to America’s universities and colleges,” he created in a declaration. “This choice stands for one more vital step toward making sure that all trainees are treated as people, not as representatives of an ethnic or racial group.”

Geographical Recruitment Under Scrutiny

Geographical recruitment has come under attack from the Trump management. Attorney General Pamela Bondi, in a memorandum stating numerous variety, equity and inclusion campaigns unconstitutional, said that hiring from details locations or areas might be illegal when it’s being done as a proxy for race. Experts have stated that doing so is not a standard method for universities.