it is not april fools day, this can not be for real?!?

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<p>this story is turning out to be a real embarrassment to uw-madison. maybe exposure to the light of day will be the end of this bizarre social engineering project. </p>

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<p>Darn- the link wouldn’t open for me.</p>

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<p>passing out tin foil hats over here…</p>

<p>In fact, for anyone who truly believes that Wisconsin is adjusting grades for race, or even considering it, this video is for you:</p>

<p><a href=“Exclusive "Weird Al" Yankovic Music Video: FOIL (Parody of "Royals" by Lorde) - YouTube”>Exclusive "Weird Al" Yankovic Music Video: FOIL (Parody of "Royals" by Lorde) - YouTube;

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<p>link did open now. Can’t get excited about it, however.</p>

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<p>“were an admissions officer at a professional and saw a URM applicant from UW, I’d question the grades and dismiss them entirely if the LSAT or MCAT or similar score was not commensurate with the grades on the UW transcript.”</p>

<p>Right, because a URM couldn’t ever actually be qualified. What a piece of work. </p>

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<p>It seems that those who would ‘adjust’ grades by race are the racist ones. They apparently think that URMs cant’ cut it if grades were given race-blind. </p>

<p>Has UW had any statements on this? Refuting the faculty senate’s approval or saying that any such scheme is wacko? </p>

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<p>“It seems that those who would ‘adjust’ grades by race are the racist ones. They apparently think that URMs cant’ cut it if grades were given race-blind.”</p>

<p>Well, it’s a good thing UW isn’t planning on ‘adjusting’ grades by race (which, of course, was a big duh).
From one of the above links:</p>

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<p>The following is a July 21 statement of Professor Patrick Sims, Chief Diversity Officer and interim vice provost for Diversity and Climate:</p>

<p>The idea that UW-Madison will begin to base student grading or the make-up of programs or majors on race or ethnicity has circulated on the Internet in the wake of a recent opinion column by emeritus UW-Madison Professor Lee Hansen.</p>

<p>Allow me set the record straight: Nothing could be further from the truth.</p>

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<p>But hey that doesn’t fit the narrative some people want to have. </p>

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<p>This thread has wandered beyond the area of the potential policy. Closing thread.</p>