I've no view on the merits here, since we don't know how this applicant represented her criminal history in the application or what other factors were at play; but what we do know is this:
“We didn’t have some preconceived idea about crucifying Michelle,” said John Stauffer, one of the two American studies professors [who raised concerns about her admission]. “But frankly, we knew that anyone could just punch her crime into Google, and Fox News would probably say that P.C. liberal Harvard gave 200 grand of funding to a child murderer, who also happened to be a minority. I mean, c’mon.”
If Professor Stauffer really said something this stupid, he should be removed from all decisions requiring adult, expert judgment. Who the hell cares what Fox News thinks? Is that really what we've come to in academia?
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