At a public hearing on the proposed school more than a year ago, the Partnership for an Upper East Side High School advocated a policy that would limit admissions to residents of the immediate neighborhood and to high-achieving students.
Every year more and more students of lower-class backgrounds received a university education, but the entrance examinations tended to limit admissions to the most desirable faculties (medicine and engineering) to students with elite backgrounds.
But Fisher is worried that the government could attempt to limit admissions to people who have family members in the country.
Cover, $20, with a $10 minimum (limited admission to 11 p.m. shows only).
Limiting admission to those countries with "the same income per head" excludes a majority of the world's population.
Tonight's show, which also features musical guest Yo La Tengo, is completely sold out, as is Monday's event (though there will be limited admission at the door, as per most UCB events).
Just as the "bogeyman" of the Mexican rapist and drug dealer was used to justify the Wall and planned mass deportations, Muslim terrorists are being used to validate gutting the refugee program and limiting admission of "undesirables" from North Africa, and Southwest and South Asia.
Almost all CCI's had age criteria for admission (84%), with the majority limiting admission to children aged 12 years and younger (n = 14, 74%).
As prior GPA and class standing are two of the predictors of final score in the hybrid section, it may also be worth limiting admission of freshmen to the hybrid version of this sophomore-level class to those who have more than a threshold GPA.
Should colleges pursue their interest in a diverse class by limiting admissions of a minority group whose numbers may otherwise overwhelm the class?
