Following the 2016 election, New York Times Executive Editor Dean Baquet reflected on his industry’s coverage of the country. They set out with a simple question: How many of those employees attended elite schools for college (if they attended college)? There are, of course, problems with using SAT scores to define a “cognitive elite.” Factors such as race and class have been shown to affect performance on standardized tests, as well as admissions to elite schools. Around 44 percent of Times employees attended elite schools, as did nearly 50 percent of Journal employees, the study found. What’s more, the researchers found that approximately 20 percent of overall employees, and 28 percent of just editors and writers, attended Ivy League schools.

Source: Wall Street Journal May 06, 2018 14:03 UTC