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It’s worth noting that NYU, MIT, Rutgers, UT and Harvard (prior to pausing admissions) all list the GRE as required…
To be clear by “managerial class” I mean upper management. Deans are often in a difficult position between the faculty…
Recent articles in the Chronicle of Higher Ed and WSJ suggest that the new managerial strategy is to use states…
I don’t have administrative insight that other commentators evidently do, but I will say this with my biased banner proudly…
I’m at a medium sized R2 with an undergraduate only program. A few years ago the Provost announced an AI…
The philosopher in “Update” is correct, and the relevant question is about budget structures. I’m a philosopher in a different…
We noted the controversy last year (e.g., here and here), and now Professor Ramseyer (Harvard) has prepared a vigorous defense, which he kindly gave permission to share: Download Ramseyer response to critics SSRN-id4000145.
UPDATE: One of the few responses published in an academic journal is this one, which Professor Ramseyer mentions in his reply.
Princeton also now requires the GRE.