Why the Ivy League Needs to Admit More Students
Harvard and Yale's intense selectivity is one reason why their affirmative action policies have come under attack. But these colleges could also easily choose to take in more students.
In the spring, Yale University sent the last of its rejection letters to more than 35,000 teenagers who had applied for one of the roughly 1,550 slots in its freshman class. Like other top colleges, Yale is extremely selective: Just 6 percent of students who vied for admission in Class of 2022 were accepted.
On Wednesday, that the U.S. Justice and Education departments are investigating Yale for allegedly on the part of the Trump administration to crack down on race-based affirmative action at the nation’s elite colleges.
