Akil Bello

I’m reducing my social media and carbon footprint. If you want to follow, try IG or Linkedin. If you want to talk, text me.

[Eric Hoover @erichoov]

Why you’re probably going to see more and more colleges touting their deposits. @tswaak27 https://t.co/BxnK4gmeDU

[Marc Backes @marcba]

90% of companies be like

[Akil Bello @akilbello]

Skip that article Yale from the about the employess of the Yale Corporation, this is worth reading.

Yes, it's written by a SUNY administrator making a case for his own institution. Read it anyway. The argument holds.

https://t.co/ujJybOwTse

[Akil Bello @akilbello]

I'm doing a @lecturesontap

Hope to see you there!

https://t.co/KNsLyLNo9e

[Akil Bello @akilbello]

I just backed HIDE: A SHORT FILM on @Kickstarter https://t.co/XuOG0aqliq

[Akil Bello @akilbello]

Please stop the narratives of HBCUs are expensive. They are doing more with less.

Why aren't you beating up Catholic Colleges? Ivy colleges? Big 10 Colleges? For profit colleges? NYU?

[James S Murphy @James_S_Murphy]

@Stanford decided to essentially spend $3 million a year to keep admitting legacy students in secret.

[Arnold Ventures @Arnold_Ventures]

LSU owes its fired coach $54M. Texas A&M paid $76M last year. These buyouts are financed in part by tax-deductible donations. Congress never intended the charitable deduction to underwrite losing football programs. @scottahodge argues for reform in new op-ed:
https://t.co/dHao6DIAia

[FairTest @FairTestOffice]

Please circulate this. Newer data that suggests that SATs "may suit Ivies", when subject to omitted variables like family income and race, is a poorer predictor than HS grades. And colleges with public purpose certainly shouldn't require them.
https://t.co/Xk7RiEzc20

[Akil Bello @akilbello]

what MNBA team should I bet on tonight?

[Mari Copeny @LittleMissFlint]

Had a young man steal a DoorDash order from our porch, he was caught on camera. He thought it was food but it was just bottled juice. The neighbor figured out who it was and his brother returned the order. We handed him a bag full of snacks in return and reminded them to knock if they were hungry.

[James S Murphy @James_S_Murphy]

I've written a lot of long posts about the Trump Administration's plan to create a massive new survey about undergrad & grad admissions & the reasons we should be very concerned.

I finally had the time to write something short: here's a 1-pager on ACTS.
https://t.co/jif62Da1PZ

[Akil Bello @akilbello]

these tools are really intent on making us write dumber?

Its against long words? it wants me to write with a certainty I can't possibly have.

also it wants me to reduce the reading level below 10th grade but we criticize schools for high schoolers not reading "on grade level"

[Akil Bello @akilbello]

AI Cheating: The SAT-ACT Em dash Controversy https://t.co/bQVWght2vm via @akilbello

[Akil Bello @akilbello]

Since the @BrownUniversity president is defending #legacyadmission we should make sure we add the proper context.

Legacy at Brown gives white people about 110 year (5+ generation) headstart.

Brown had 7 black alum from 1764 - 1919

[Akil Bello @akilbello]

Auburn considers legacy important despite the fact that white people have a 8 generation headstart establishing legacy.

Samuel Pettijohn is a principal in MD.

[Akil Bello @akilbello]

When you realize that Clemson University considers "legacy preference" in its admissions process also consider that first Black student allowed to graduate from Clemson University is still alive.

[Akil Bello @akilbello]

University of Alabama, which graduated its first black student in 1965, still utilizes "legacy preference" in admissions decisions which clearly favors those who had an almost 200 year head start establishing legacy status.

#CollegeAdmission #MeritocracyBS

[Akil Bello @akilbello]

UNC considers legacy status in admissions.

University of North Carolina was founded in 1789.

UNC allowed the first black person to graduate in 1961.

The 7 generation advantage that white people were given grows exponentially every year legacy advantage is continued.

[Akil Bello @akilbello]

HBCUs vs Highly rejective colleges : evaluating the value of culture https://t.co/YV32kfr2Dt