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    This might filter out intelligent neurodivergent students who struggle with timed admissions tests.

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A victory for academic (and intellectual) freedom at Berkeley

As everyone knows, the major threat to free speech at American universities comes not from hyper-sensitive and narcissistic millenials (though they can be a nuisance at some schools) but from those who want to police discourse about Israel and Palestine, and punish those who hold insufficiently pro-Israel views.  Several readers have flagged for me the latest incident at Berkeley, which has now been resolved in favor of academic freedom and against the would-be censors.  (Thanks to Arthur Smith for this link.)   Nothing has done more damage to Israel in America than the consistently disgusting behavior of its alleged friends.

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