web01.fireside.fm Sun, 05 Apr 2026 20:31:01 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Tatter - Episodes Tagged with “Harvard” https://tatter.fireside.fm/tags/harvard Tue, 18 Sep 2018 06:00:00 -0400 This is a podcast exploring issues in politics and policy. Each episode features conversation with at least one subject matter expert, with a goal of helping listeners better understand the topic. en-us episodic Politics and Policy Michael Sargent This is a podcast exploring issues in politics and policy. Each episode features conversation with at least one subject matter expert, with a goal of helping listeners better understand the topic. no politics, policy, law Michael Sargent profsargent@gmail.com Episode 27: Class Action https://tatter.fireside.fm/27 57c2c7fd-50ab-459b-9d8a-887812bdf6e4 Tue, 18 Sep 2018 06:00:00 -0400 Michael Sargent full Michael Sargent My conversation with Julie J. Park, of the University of Maryland, as we discuss college and university admissions, merit, affirmative action, and their relationships to Asian-Americans and other groups. 30:02 no ABOUT THIS EPISODE An ongoing controversy is whether colleges and universities should be free to consider race and ethnicity in admissions, and how the use of race relates to "merit." As indicated in a recent Gallup poll, many people think merit should trump race or ethnicity, but what do they really mean by "merit"? Whose interests are at stake? What will happen if colleges and universities can't consider race and ethnicity as they decide whom to admit? I discuss these questions with Julie J. Park, a University of Maryland professor in the Department of Counseling, Higher Education, and Special Education. LINKS --Julie Park's profile at the University of Maryland (https://education.umd.edu/directory/julie-j-park) --"Most in U.S. Oppose Colleges Considering Race in Admissions," Gallup (https://news.gallup.com/poll/193508/oppose-colleges-considering-race-admissions.aspx) --Mismatch: How Affirmative Action Hurts Students It's Intended To Help, and Why Universities Won't Admit It, by Richard Sander and Stuart Taylor, Jr. (https://www.amazon.com/Mismatch-Affirmative-Students-%C2%92s-Universities/dp/0465029965) --The Shape of the River: Long-Term Consequences of Considering Race in College and University Admissions, William G. Bowen & Derek Bok (https://www.amazon.com/Shape-River-William-Bowen/dp/0691050198) --Race on Campus: Debunking Myths With Data, by Julie J. Park. (https://www.amazon.com/Race-Campus-Debunking-Myths-Data/dp/1682532321) --Students for Fair Admissions (https://studentsforfairadmissions.org/) --New York Times profile on Edward Blum (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/19/us/affirmative-action-lawsuits.html) --"Justice Department Backs Lawsuit Led By Maine Resident Challenging Harvard's 'Racial Balancing'," Portland Press Herald (https://www.pressherald.com/2018/08/30/doj-sides-with-harvard-students-suing-over-race-based-admissions-policy/) Cover art credit: Tyler de Noche (Wikimedia Commons) Special Guest: Julie Park. merit, affirmative action, college admissions, university admissions, Harvard ABOUT THIS EPISODE
An ongoing controversy is whether colleges and universities should be free to consider race and ethnicity in admissions, and how the use of race relates to "merit." As indicated in a recent Gallup poll, many people think merit should trump race or ethnicity, but what do they really mean by "merit"? Whose interests are at stake? What will happen if colleges and universities can't consider race and ethnicity as they decide whom to admit? I discuss these questions with Julie J. Park, a University of Maryland professor in the Department of Counseling, Higher Education, and Special Education.

LINKS
--Julie Park's profile at the University of Maryland
--"Most in U.S. Oppose Colleges Considering Race in Admissions," Gallup
--Mismatch: How Affirmative Action Hurts Students It's Intended To Help, and Why Universities Won't Admit It, by Richard Sander and Stuart Taylor, Jr.
--The Shape of the River: Long-Term Consequences of Considering Race in College and University Admissions, William G. Bowen & Derek Bok
--Race on Campus: Debunking Myths With Data, by Julie J. Park.
--Students for Fair Admissions
--New York Times profile on Edward Blum
--"Justice Department Backs Lawsuit Led By Maine Resident Challenging Harvard's 'Racial Balancing'," Portland Press Herald

Cover art credit: Tyler de Noche (Wikimedia Commons)

Special Guest: Julie Park.

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An ongoing controversy is whether colleges and universities should be free to consider race and ethnicity in admissions, and how the use of race relates to "merit." As indicated in a recent Gallup poll, many people think merit should trump race or ethnicity, but what do they really mean by "merit"? Whose interests are at stake? What will happen if colleges and universities can't consider race and ethnicity as they decide whom to admit? I discuss these questions with Julie J. Park, a University of Maryland professor in the Department of Counseling, Higher Education, and Special Education.

LINKS
--Julie Park's profile at the University of Maryland
--"Most in U.S. Oppose Colleges Considering Race in Admissions," Gallup
--Mismatch: How Affirmative Action Hurts Students It's Intended To Help, and Why Universities Won't Admit It, by Richard Sander and Stuart Taylor, Jr.
--The Shape of the River: Long-Term Consequences of Considering Race in College and University Admissions, William G. Bowen & Derek Bok
--Race on Campus: Debunking Myths With Data, by Julie J. Park.
--Students for Fair Admissions
--New York Times profile on Edward Blum
--"Justice Department Backs Lawsuit Led By Maine Resident Challenging Harvard's 'Racial Balancing'," Portland Press Herald

Cover art credit: Tyler de Noche (Wikimedia Commons)

Special Guest: Julie Park.

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