According to the Yale Daily News (YDN), on the heels of last year’s nationwide admissions scandal, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Senate approved the formation of a faculty committee that will allow professors to get involved with the undergraduate admissions process.
According to FAS Senate and Director of the Modern Hebrew Program Shiri Goren, the committee will take on a variety of tasks, including developing ways to inform faculty members of admissions policies and ensuring adequate support for accepted students. The Senate voted to establish the ad hoc committee for the 2019–2020 academic year in May, just months after the Varsity Blues scandal, in which former soccer coach Rudy Meredith accepted bribes to falsify admissions information. Still, even before the Varsity Blues scandal, a variety of faculty members reported not knowing enough or, in some cases, not knowing anything about how the University selects its incoming class.
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