Post 9: Intellectual Property and Affirmative action

I have found that I find it more comforting to live a very open and transparent life, and I want everyone else held to a high standard of transparency. We live in a society that has shown the misuse of our (general public) trust, to exploit and  discriminate people. Therefore, I do not believe that admissions to any school should be considered as intellectual property. I don’t agree with the people who are suing Harvard, I think they are misguided and I do not see them winning this lawsuit, despite the backing of the Justice Department. I would like to make a reminder that the Justice Department has had an ideological shift in the past 2 years, causing this sudden backing of the group suing Harvard. 

The question, though, wasn’t who I sided with on this lawsuit, but if I believed admissions should be considered intellectual property. And I do not. In a system of checks and balances, transparency is key. Irrespective to my personal opinion on the lawsuit, Harvard is being forced to prove to us that the way they admit students is much more than just on the basis of meeting a quota. To some degree I appreciate the lawsuit for forcing the hand at the Harvard admissions office that not even they are immune to scrutiny.