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UPDATE:
HARVARD ENDS EARLY ADMISSION although I note it was a mere handful of years ago that Ivy Educrats claimed to have rejected early admission in favor of "early decision" (or the other way around?) and so what? This new claim to care about kids and parents isn't much less convoluted. . . to me, the only real news may be that Harvard and her ivy-covered sisters come across as skittish and hard-glittery, apparently feeling the pressure to seem to be doing SOMETHING -- even if in the end, the trumpeted splendor of their insular "new" attitude amounts to little more than deigning to serve the clamoring rabble of parents and kids one afternoon of cake.

Here's the published recipe for what they've cooked up:

Harvard’s decision — to be announced today — is likely to put pressure on other colleges, which acknowledge the same concerns but have been reluctant to take any step that could put them at a disadvantage in the heated competition for the top students.

“We think this will produce a fairer process, because the existing process has been shown to advantage those who are already advantaged,’’ Derek Bok, the interim president of Harvard, said yesterday in an interview.

Mr. Bok said students who were more affluent and sophisticated were the ones most likely to apply for early admission. . .