In Case You Missed It & An Update

Yesterday's LA Times

The full editorial is at http://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-ed-uc-irvine-admissions-20170802-story.html

And an update:

UC Irvine, under fire for rescinding nearly 500 admission offers, announced Wednesday that it would readmit all students who maintained good senior-year grades but whose acceptances were revoked because of alleged paperwork problems, such as missing deadlines to submit transcripts.

Appeals from students whose acceptances were withdrawn because of poor senior grades will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis.

"The stories of our students whose college dreams were crushed by our decision to withdraw admissions to hundreds of students are heartbreaking. And unacceptable," Chancellor Howard Gillman said in a message to the campus community. "We are a university recognized for advancing the American Dream, not impeding it. This situation is rocking us to our core because it is fundamentally misaligned with our values."

Offering his “sincerest apology,” Gillman said he had directed the campus internal auditor to review the admissions process to try to understand how officials underestimated the enrollment this year, why students who inquired about the rescissions were poorly treated and how to avoid the recurrence of such problems.

Source: http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-uc-irvine-overenroll-20170802-story.html

The fault, dear Gillman, lies close at home: