@psycholing
“I truly fail to see how these measures will lead to a more diverse student population”
The language used in the CMU announcement sounds like a step toward an holistic admissions process leading to the inclusion of different cultural groups. This is confusing as they simultaneously drop pieces of the process which assist in the holistic process by “no longer considering demonstrated interest, not encouraging supplemental materials and by not providing pre-admission alumni interviews.”
Socioeconomic diversity greatly enriches the education for all participants. It is hard to see how this will happen with a major reduction of relevant decision inputs. It reads like cost saving budget reductions in the wrong places.
This is CMU. Are they trying to computerize everything? Even AI requires inputs!