In March the Yale Daily News ran a nice little piece about the在3月耶鲁大学每日新闻然好小件有关 growing admissions blogging trend nationwide越来越多的趋势，招生博客在全国范围内 . 。 The key piece in it for me was the news that Yale had no plans to start a blog or similar transparency-promoting site anytime soon.关键在一块，它为我这个消息是说，耶鲁大学没有计划启动一个博客或类似的透明度，促进网站随时很快。 Zachary Abrahamson reports:黄伟贤阿布拉汉森报告：

Blogs Elucidate Admit Process March 9, 2007 博客澄清承认的过程 2007年3月9日

Yale presently has no definite plans to establish an online admissions blog or moderated message board. 耶鲁大学目前有没有明确的计划，以建立一个网上招生博客或缓和，留言板。 While Director of Admissions Jeff Brenzel said Yale is “considering” an admissions blog, the University has not yet determined whether such a blog would be “truly useful.” … 而主任招生杰夫布伦策尔说，耶鲁大学是“考虑到”一招生博客，大学尚未决定是否这样一个博客将是“真正有用的。 ” … …

While Yale does not maintain its own blog, the admissions office does keep tabs on College Confidential’s forum traffic to observe discussion about Yale, Brenzel said. 而耶鲁大学不保持自己的博客，招生办公室是否掌握对大学生机密的论坛交通观察讨论耶鲁，布伦策尔说。 “We occasionally review online discussions of admissions to better understand how applicants are feeling about the process, but we do not post to the online forums,” he said. “ 我们偶尔会审查在线讨论招生，以更好地了解如何申请者的感受的过程，但我们不邮寄到网上论坛， ”他说。

Longtime readers know where I stand on admissions blogging–I have at times gone so far as to call it老读者知道我的立场招生博客-我有时竟然就称之为 my favorite kind of college blog我最喜爱的种学院博客 . If Yale wants to justify its self-declared position as a leader in American Higher Education I feel it has an obligation to help clean up the mess of modern college admissions, especially given its role creating that mess in the first place! 如果耶鲁大学要证明其自行宣布的立场，作为一个领导人，在美国高等教育，我觉得它是有责任帮助收拾残局的现代高校招生，特别是考虑到它的作用，创造这烂摊子摆在首位！ That means many things but one of them includes opening more communication channels with students awash in a sea of misinformation and helping them through the process.这意味着很多事情，但其中一人，包括开放更多的沟通渠道，与学生淹没在海的错误，并协助他们完成这一过程。 Yale wins at least as much as the students do in this hypothetical exchange.耶鲁大学赢得至少高达学生在这假设性的交流。

I had written about 1000 words from here on out about why Yale should adopt admissions blogging, but in a freak Wordpress accident I lost it all.我曾书面约1000字从这里出来，为何耶鲁大学应采取招生博客，但在一个怪胎的WordPress意外，我失去了这一切。 Rather than cry, I’ve decided to reproduce the 5-point list I made, remember to save things outside WP, and leave it at that.而非哭，我已经决定重现5点名单我，记得要保存的东西以外的可湿性粉剂，并让在这一点。 The title was originally”Yale Wavers on Admissions Blogging; Jeff Brenzel Foolishly Fence-Sitting” — imagine the blockquote-referencing essay that would have followed.标题本来是“耶鲁大学wavers对招生博客;杰夫布伦策尔愚蠢栅栏坐在” -试想，引用参照征文将遵循。 Yale, I might add, is no great stranger to blogging–it had student blogs on its admitted-student only website.耶鲁大学，我可以补充一点，是没有太大陌生的博客-它已学生的博客，就其承认学生只有网站。 Likewise, MIT is not some alien cousin of Yale–they’re mentioned in the same CollegeConfidential breathless HYP acronyms–and its blog program succeeds famously.同样，麻省理工学院，是不是一些外来的堂弟，耶鲁- they're提到，在相同的collegeconfidential呼吸连字符的缩略语和其博客计划成功，著名的。

5 of Many Reasons Why Yale Should Have an Admissions Blog 5原因很多，耶鲁大学应该有一个招生博客

1. Yale has an institutional obligation to help set the course for modern college admissions if it wants to avoid undue hypocrisy and maintain relevancy. 耶鲁大学有一个机构有义务帮助设置课程，现代大学招生，如果要避免不必要的虚伪性和保持相关性。 Especially as it seeks to reach out to students who might not traditionally be coming to Yale, the article notes that an admissions blog can be an excellent resource for those high-achieving students who come from environments which don’t adequately prepare or support them in the admissions process.特别是因为它的目的是接触到学生，谁未必传统来耶鲁，文章指出，一入学博客可以成为一个很好的资源，对于那些高，实现学生谁来自环境的不充分作好准备，或支持他们在招生的过程。
2. Misinformation online and off is a serious problem, especially for high profile schools like Yale. 错误的线上及离线，是一个严重的问题，尤其是高姿态的学校一样，耶鲁大学。 An admissions blog, as MIT and other schools interviewed agreed, is a good way to clear up confusion.一招生博客，麻省理工学院和其他学校同意采访，是一个好方法，以澄清混乱。
3. Competition makes this clear: Yale will be losing ground to more forward thinking institutions if it doesn’t act soon as the advantages become increasingly obvious. 竞争使这个明确的：耶鲁大学将失去地面，以更具前瞻性的思维机构如果不尽快采取行动，作为优势日益明显。
4. The new media lifestyle is a reality for prospective Yale students and blogs are a good way to connect now and will be even more important in the future. 新媒体的生活方式，是一种现实，为未来的耶鲁大学学生和博客是一个很好的方法来连接现在和将，更重要的在未来的。 A community with honest and open community is really very valuable–I had some great interactions with admissions bloggers and came to respect them and saw those good interactions reflect well on their institutions.社区与诚实和开放的社会，实在是非常宝贵的-我有一些伟大的互动与招生博客来尊重他们，看到这些良好的互动反映，以及对他们的机构。
5. Chances to Learn should always welcomed, and the admissions team can learn as much from the readership and their questions as their readers will from them. 机会学习要始终表示欢迎，招生团队可以了解多从读者和他们的问题作为他们的读者会从他们。 See 4; two-way communication benefits both parties.见四;两个双向沟通，对双方都有利。

Maybe Yale feels it is special–such a different animal that it doesn’t need to worry about these things.也许耶鲁觉得这是特别，例如不同的动物，它并不需要担心这些事情。 I’m still going to New Haven this fall, blogs or not, but I think that Director of Admissions Jeff Brenzel is passing up some real opportunities here for no good reason.我还是去新的避风港，今年秋天，博客或没有，但我认为，总的招生杰夫布伦策尔是通过了一些真正的机会，这里没有很好的理由。 Harvard made big waves last year with its decision to drop its Early program (Princeton and UVA deserve some credit too); Yale can help set some trends too if it takes action on the blogging front.哈佛大学取得大浪去年，它决定放弃其早期计划（普林斯顿和长波紫外线值得一些信贷太） ;耶鲁大学可以帮助设置一些趋势过于如果采取行动博客前线。 The other schools mentioned in the article–UChicago, Hopkins, UVA–merit applause for their efforts, but it wouldn’t hurt for Yale to help put some muscle behind the transparency movement given its prominent position.其他学校中提到的文章- uchicago ，霍普金斯，长波紫外线-优异的掌声为他们的努力，但不会伤害为耶鲁大学，以帮助把一些肌肉背后的透明度，运动，由于其突出的位置。

I’ll put money on the line against Dean Brenzel that a Yale admissions blog would have real measurable value to the school–if he wants to take me up on that, I’ll be happy to put the wager in escrow pending a survey at the end of the first year of blogging.我会提出金钱上线对院长布伦策尔说，耶鲁大学招生博客将有真正的可衡量的价值，以学校，如果他想带我上了，我将很乐意把下注在代管待调查年底的第一年，博客。