Clout List Database Opens Windows into U of I Admits

[Chicagoist]

http://chicagoist.com/attachments/Marcus Gilmer/2009_05_29_cloutcollege.jpg We've all heard about the Clout (http://chicagoist.com/2009/07/03/giannoulias_connection_to_clout_lis.php) List (http://chicagoist.com/2009/06/26/clout_list_goes_to_law_school.php) in the admissions office at University of Illinois. But it's never been clear where the students came from. The Trib's database project (http://cloutcollege.apps.chicagotribune.com/cloutschools/), the first that we've seen from Olde Chicago Journalism lately, lets you check out your metro-area high school's clout statistics - while encouraging tutt-tutting and tsk-tsking from, well, everyone else.

The subject of the individuals' names has yet to be broached - publicly - but it seems like a logical next step for the tool would be to mask the kids' identities while tracking how well they did during their time at the U of I.

The reason? While it's unfair that perhaps less-deserving students were on a special list that nearly guaranteed them admission to our publicly-funded university - it's even worse if those kids wasted the opportunity they were given.

We're hoping the Trib's new database-style initiative is where they're headed in the future - we love crowd sourcing (http://chicagoist.com/2009/07/02/goofy_or_groovy_city_govt_transpare.php) journalistic efforts, after all.



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