"Be friends with Plato and Aristotle, and even more with truth".
The emblem of Harvard University is a traditional shield, which means to stick to and defend. The background color is Harvard standard color "crimson".
The main part is based on three books, two up and one down, symbolizing the dynamic relationship between rationality and enlightenment. The aboVE two books are engraved with the letters "ve" and "RI" respectively, which together with the following book constitute the "truth" in the school motto, which means "truth" in Latin.
Expanding information Harvard University is caught in a "discrimination cloud"? Racial quotas are suspected of discriminating against Chinese.
2065438+May 2005, a protest alliance composed of 64 Asian groups, including Chinese, filed a complaint, accusing Harvard of being suspected of discrimination in enrollment and setting higher standards for Asian applicants than African-American and Hispanic applicants.
"Many Asian students' SAT scores are close to full marks, and GPA is at the top of 1%. They have won many awards and demonstrated their leadership in various extracurricular activities, but they are still rejected by Harvard and other Ivy League schools. "
This is written in the complaint. "On the contrary, students from other ethnic groups with the same conditions can be admitted smoothly. Moreover, in recent years, this trend has intensified. "
Melody Jackson, a spokesman for Harvard University, responded that the school's admission policy is fair. They regard each applicant as a whole and follow the standards set by the Supreme Court.
As early as 20 14, the non-profit organization "Fair Admission for College Students" filed a lawsuit in the Massachusetts Federal Circuit Court, accusing Harvard University of "racial discrimination" against Asians in its admission policy.
In addition to Harvard, there are other famous American schools caught in the "discrimination cloud". 2065438+In May 2006, the Asian Community Alliance filed a lawsuit against three universities, demanding that Yale University, Brown University and Dartmouth College discriminate against Asian applicants in the enrollment process.
The core controversy behind this series of events lies in whether some famous American universities, led by Harvard, have controlled the proportion of African-Americans, Hispanics, whites and Asians admitted each year according to the standard of "racial quota" in the admission process.
"Racial quota" originated from the affirmative action act in the late 1960s. In order to protect the equal opportunity and racial balance of ethnic minorities, the United States has tilted the balance of educational resources to ethnic minorities. Today, however, this affirmative action bill has brought "reverse discrimination" to Asian students.
Cui, the co-founder of China Silk Road Traveler who settled in the United States, said in an interview with this newspaper that the United States believes that it is fair to distribute these resources in proportion, but the achievements of Asians are relatively high among all ethnic groups in the United States, and proportional distribution deprives some students of the right to enter prestigious schools.
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People's Daily Online-Harvard University is caught in a cloud of "discrimination". Racial quotas are suspected of discriminating against Chinese.