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Thanks for the helpful comments and to Prof Leiter for posting. I will certainly review these resources and am intrigued…
Thanks to everyone who has chimed in over the past day. I’ve found the discussion really interesting. Paul: Thanks especially…
Since this article was published two weeks ago, there’s been a lot of pushback from people who run or work…
I’ve found this exchange interesting, but a critical variable is being ignored: selection bias. At institutions with single-digit (or near…
I think Schofield has (perhaps without realizing it) buried the lede. Much of what he says is true, but it…
Schofield’s critique, and Mitchell-Yellin’s reply, both seem to hinge on an empirical question that would be quite difficult to properly…
A propos an earlier thread here, this essay is illuminating and somewhat hopeful.
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