{"id":1962616,"date":"2023-07-02T09:17:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-02T13:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-vows-to-rein-in-privilege-in-colleges-but-heres-what-he-did-for-his-granddaughter\/"},"modified":"2023-07-02T09:18:51","modified_gmt":"2023-07-02T13:18:51","slug":"biden-vows-to-rein-in-privilege-in-colleges-but-heres-what-he-did-for-his-granddaughter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-vows-to-rein-in-privilege-in-colleges-but-heres-what-he-did-for-his-granddaughter\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden pledges to address college &#8216;privilege&#8217;, but his actions for his granddaughter speak otherwise."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-vows-to-rein-in-privilege-in-colleges-but-heres-what-he-did-for-his-granddaughter%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1962616&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Special treatment for me, but not for thee?<\/h2>\n<p>President Joe Biden last week blasted the Supreme Court\u2019s decision on Thursday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/breaking-supreme-court-deals-crushing-blow-affirmative-action-college-admissions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ruling against affirmative action<\/a> programs at Harvard and the University of North Carolina, a decision that could <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-vows-to-rein-in-privilege-in-colleges-but-heres-what-he-did-for-his-granddaughter\/\" title=\"Biden pledges to address college 'privilege', but his actions for his granddaughter speak otherwise.\">remake higher education policies<\/a> across the country.<\/p>\n<p>In a speech following the court\u2019s decision, Biden also pledged to crack down on elite universities\u2019 practice of \u201clegacy admissions,\u201d in which relatives of previous graduates are given preferential treatment in admissions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPractices like legacy admissions and other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tim-scott-calls-for-end-to-legacy-admissions-in-wake-of-affirmative-action-decision\/\" title=\"Tim Scott urges an end to legacy admissions following affirmative action ruling.\">systems expand privilege<\/a> instead of opportunity,\u201d Biden said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">President Biden said let\u2019s have a real conversation about affirmation action <\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s talk about legacy admissions and by the way I already told Education Secretary Miguel Cardona to look into it <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Mqb0qSLzxt\">pic.twitter.com\/Mqb0qSLzxt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Qondi (@QondiNtini) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/QondiNtini\/status\/1674470811556519940?\">June 29, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>However, Biden himself contacted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-biden-classified-docs-update-bidens-upenn-office-searched-fbi-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">University of Pennsylvania<\/a> president Amy Gutmann in 2018 as his granddaughter Maisy Biden applied to the school, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/joe-biden-wants-to-crack-down-on-privilege-in-education-he-called-upenns-president-to-get-his-granddaughter-in\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Washington Free Beacon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>At the behest of Hunter Biden, Maisy Biden\u2019s father, the then-former vice president said he was going to try to speak to \u201c[University of Pennsylvania] Pres GUTMANN tomorrow\u201d in a Dec. 2018 text.<\/p>\n<p>The elder Biden \u2014 who is affiliated with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-biden-classified-docs-update-bidens-upenn-office-searched-fbi-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">school of international relations<\/a> at the elite university \u2014 later disclosed that he had discussed the topic of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/hunter-biden-claimed-lunden-roberts-basketball-mentor-daughter-sasha-obama\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maisy Biden\u2019s<\/a> admission in a subsequent text.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHad a great talk with Guttman [sic] Maisy still in the game for regular acceptance,\u201d the elder Biden told his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/no-dignity-video-hunter-biden-plea-deal-shows-just-corrupt-wh-really\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">son<\/a> \u2014 himself amid a spiraling <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/leaked-video-crazy-look-hunter-bidens-eyes-smoking-drugs-tub-lowest-ever-seen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">drug addiction<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The elder Biden urged his son to arrange tutoring for Maisy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe should talk about tutors etc starting tomorrow,\u201d he wrote, according to the Free Beacon.<\/p>\n<p>Biden later indicated that Gutmann would notify him personally if Maisy Biden were admitted to Penn.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDidn\u2019t tell me but said I\u2019d probably hear from President Guttman before May,\u201d the elder Biden of Penn\u2019s admissions director, according to the Free Beacon.<\/p>\n<p>Maisy Biden was ultimately admitted to Penn, and graduated with a bachelors of arts degree from the school earlier this year, according to Free Beacon.<\/p>\n<p>The extraordinary intervention \u2014 in which the president of a university reported directly to a former vice president on the admission of his granddaughter \u2014 closely resembles the nepotism that critics of legacy admissions object to.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Biden has at a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-has-yet-to-call-israels-netanyahu\/\" title=\"Biden Has Yet To Call Israel\u2019s Netanyahu\">long-standing relationship<\/a> with Penn. Beau went, Beau\u2019s daughter went, and Biden has made hundreds of thousands of dollars from the institution. Let\u2019s just say it would be a pleasant surprise if he came out against legacy admissions. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gUido9oq0H\">https:\/\/t.co\/gUido9oq0H<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FMTBPM0V5T\">pic.twitter.com\/FMTBPM0V5T<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Briahna Joy Gray (@briebriejoy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/briebriejoy\/status\/1674526683590787078?\">June 29, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Biden has received approximately $1 million from Penn in connection to his light duties at the university, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/02\/19\/biden-says-he-was-professor-touting-1m-gig-with-few-visits\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Biden subsequently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/nomination\/117th-congress\/1577\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">nominated<\/a> Gutmann to serve as United States ambassador to Germany in 2021. She took up the post in February 2022, according to a State Department <a href=\"https:\/\/de.usembassy.gov\/ambassador\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news release<\/a> from the time.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-vows-rein-privilege-colleges-granddaughter\/\">Biden Vows to Rein In &#8216;Privilege&#8217; in Colleges, But Here&#8217;s What He Did for His Granddaughter<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden criticized the Supreme Court&#8217;s ruling against affirmative action programs at Harvard and UNC, which could impact higher education policies nationwide. 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