{"id":575563,"date":"2021-06-28T14:50:47","date_gmt":"2021-06-28T18:50:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=575563"},"modified":"2021-06-28T14:50:50","modified_gmt":"2021-06-28T18:50:50","slug":"princeton-boasts-new-class-is-68-of-color-after-waiving-sat-score-requirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/princeton-boasts-new-class-is-68-of-color-after-waiving-sat-score-requirement\/","title":{"rendered":"Princeton Boasts New Class Is 68% \u201cOf Color\u201d After Waiving SAT Score Requirement"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fprinceton-boasts-new-class-is-68-of-color-after-waiving-sat-score-requirement%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=575563&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Princeton-University.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p><span>Princeton University admitted an incoming class with 68 percent of students who self-identify as a person \u201cof color\u201d after nixing its standardized testing score requirement.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Ivy League institution <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.princeton.edu\/news\/2021\/04\/06\/extraordinary-year-princeton-offers-admission-1498-students-class-2025\"><span>announced<\/span><\/a><span> in April that it admitted 1,498 students for the class of 2025. A full 22 percent of admitted students are first-generation college students and 68 percent self-identify as \u201cpeople of color.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The record number of racial minority admittees comes after the school removed its standardized testing requirement citing a \u201clack of access to testing sites.\u201d Students were allowed to submit their standardized test scores, though they allegedly play a limited role in the admissions process.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cPlease know that standardized testing is but one element of our comprehensive and holistic application review process,\u201d the university <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/admission.princeton.edu\/how-apply\/standardized-testing\"><span>announcement<\/span><\/a><span> reads. \u201cWe employ no minimum test scores for admission; rather, the entirety of a student\u2019s background is considered in context. Additionally, we do not require applicants to submit the optional writing section of the SAT or ACT.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In 2019, students, advocacy groups, and mostly minority Los Angeles-based school districts filed a lawsuit against the University of California system claiming that standardized testing discriminates against applicants based on their race, wealth, and disability. The lawsuit alleged that tests created a test-prep industry that favored wealthy families.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In May, the University of California system <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/susanadams\/2021\/05\/17\/university-of-california-eliminates-the-sat-and-act-while-hundreds-of-colleges-stay-test-optional\/?sh=2ee233ebab93\"><span>announced<\/span><\/a><span> that it will no longer use standardized testing in the application process as it settled the 2019 lawsuit. The change sparked another victory for the anti-testing movement, which has <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.collegelifetoday.com\/blog\/tips\/college-not-requiring-sat\"><span>grown<\/span><\/a><span> increasingly in the past few years.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Princeton has been at the forefront of elite institutions pushing for so-called racial equity following the resurgence of the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020. Just one month after the death of George Floyd, Princeton\u2019s board of trustees <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/campus\/wilsons-princeton-downfall-could-have-domino-effect\/\"><span>voted<\/span><\/a><span> to change the names of the university\u2019s public policy school and one of its residential colleges, both of which were named after former Democratic President Woodrow Wilson.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The university claimed that Wilson \u2014 who was also the president of Princeton \u2014 represented \u201cracist thinking and policies\u201d and no longer deserved to be memorialized.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Princeton faculty also created a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/campus\/princeton-professors-demand-university-block-mechanisms-of-racism\/\"><span>list of demands<\/span><\/a><span> that the university must adhere to if it wishes to atone for its alleged \u201canti-Blackness.\u201d Demands included, among other things, that the school gives junior minority faculty members additional sabbatical to help with the burden they bear to \u201cstand as emblems and spokespersons of diversity at Princeton.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>University President Christopher Eisgruber <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.princeton.edu\/news\/2020\/09\/02\/letter-president-eisgruber-universitys-efforts-combat-systemic-racism\"><span>claims<\/span><\/a><span> that the school is systemically racist, while simultaneously claiming that the school does not actively discriminate against minority students and faculty.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cPrinceton has long been committed to creating and maintaining a community where all can thrive, and stands by its representations \u2026 that is complies with all laws and regulations governing equal opportunity, nondiscrimination, and harassment,\u201d Eisbruger <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.princeton.edu\/news\/2020\/09\/17\/university-statement-us-department-education-letter-regarding-nondiscrimination\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span>. \u201cThe university also stands by our statements about the prevalence of systemic racism and our commitment to reckon with its continued effects.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In response to the university\u2019s alleged racism, the Department of Education under the Trump administration launched an <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/campus\/princeton-under-federal-investigation-for-embedded-racism\/\"><span>investigation<\/span><\/a><span> into whether Princeton violated the Civil Rights Act.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Princeton University admitted an incoming class with 68 percent of students who self-identify as a person \u201cof color\u201d after nixing its standardized testing score requirement.\u00a0The Ivy League institution announced in &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2281538,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Princeton-University.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Princeton Boasts New Class Is 68% \u201cOf Color\u201d After Waiving SAT Score Requirement","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-575563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Princeton-University.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Princeton Boasts New Class Is 68% \u201cOf Color\u201d After Waiving SAT Score Requirement","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=575563"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575563\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2281538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=575563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=575563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=575563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}