It’s just a little late—70 years or so—however Stanford College formally apologized this week for discriminating towards Jewish candidates within the mid-Twentieth century. Like all such apologies for issues carried out by folks lengthy since lifeless, it’s a cost-free gesture. That factors to a missed alternative, as a result of even just a little self-reflection would reveal a lot in Twenty first-century academe that may sooner or later look as repellent as the sooner bias towards Jews.
The report from the advisory job power on the historical past of Jewish admissions and expertise at Stanford makes for attention-grabbing studying. It states that—after in depth investigation—it discovered proof “of actions taken to suppress the variety of Jewish college students admitted to Stanford through the early Nineteen Fifties.” It additionally discovered that “members of the Stanford administration repeatedly misled dad and mom” and others who “raised issues about these actions.”
