In March the Yale Daily News ran a nice little piece about the在3月耶魯大學每日新聞然好小件有關 growing admissions blogging trend nationwide越來越多的趨勢，招生博客在全國范圍內 . 。 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.關鍵在一塊，它為我這個消息是說，耶魯大學沒有計劃啟動一個博客或類似的透明度，促進網站隨時很快。 Zachary Abrahamson reports:黃偉賢阿布拉漢森報告：

Blogs Elucidate Admit Process March 9, 2007 博客澄清承認的過程 2007年3月9日

Yale presently has no definite plans to establish an online admissions blog or moderated message board. 耶魯大學目前有沒有明確的計劃，以建立一個網上招生博客或緩和，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.” … 而主任招生傑夫布倫策爾說，耶魯大學是“考慮到”一招生博客，大學尚未決定是否這樣一個博客將是“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. 而耶魯大學不保持自己的博客，招生辦公室是否掌握對大學生機密的論壇交通觀察討論耶魯，布倫策爾說。 “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. “ 我們偶爾會審查在線討論招生，以更好地了解如何申請者的感受的過程，但我們不郵寄到網上論壇， ”他說。

Longtime readers know where I stand on admissions blogging–I have at times gone so far as to call it老讀者知道我的立場招生博客-我有時竟然就稱之為 my favorite kind of college blog我最喜愛的種學院博客 . 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! 如果耶魯大學要證明其自行宣布的立場，作為一個領導人，在美國高等教育，我覺得它是有責任幫助收拾殘局的現代高校招生，特別是考慮到它的作用，創造這爛攤子擺在首位！ 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.這意味著很多事情，但其中一人，包括開放更多的溝通渠道，與學生淹沒在海的錯誤，並協助他們完成這一過程。 Yale wins at least as much as the students do in this hypothetical exchange.耶魯大學贏得至少高達學生在這假設性的交流。

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.我曾書面約1000字從這裡出來，為何耶魯大學應採取招生博客，但在一個怪胎的WordPress意外，我失去了這一切。 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，我已經決定重現5點名單我，記得要保存的東西以外的可濕性粉劑，並讓在這一點。 The title was originally”Yale Wavers on Admissions Blogging; Jeff Brenzel Foolishly Fence-Sitting” — imagine the blockquote-referencing essay that would have followed.標題本來是“耶魯大學wavers對招生博客;傑夫布倫策爾愚蠢柵欄坐在” -試想，引用參照徵文將遵循。 Yale, I might add, is no great stranger to blogging–it had student blogs on its admitted-student only website.耶魯大學，我可以補充一點，是沒有太大陌生的博客-它已學生的博客，就其承認學生只有網站。 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.同樣，麻省理工學院，是不是一些外來的堂弟，耶魯- they're提到，在相同的collegeconfidential呼吸連字符的縮略語和其博客計劃成功，著名的。

5 of Many Reasons Why Yale Should Have an Admissions Blog 5原因很多，耶魯大學應該有一個招生博客

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. 耶魯大學有一個機構有義務幫助設置課程，現代大學招生，如果要避免不必要的虛偽性和保持相關性。 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.特別是因為它的目的是接觸到學生，誰未必傳統來耶魯，文章指出，一入學博客可以成為一個很好的資源，對於那些高，實現學生誰來自環境的不充分作好準備，或支持他們在招生的過程。
2. Misinformation online and off is a serious problem, especially for high profile schools like Yale. 錯誤的線上及離線，是一個嚴重的問題，尤其是高姿態的學校一樣，耶魯大學。 An admissions blog, as MIT and other schools interviewed agreed, is a good way to clear up confusion.一招生博客，麻省理工學院和其他學校同意採訪，是一個好方法，以澄清混亂。
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. 競爭使這個明確的：耶魯大學將失去地面，以更具前瞻性的思維機構如果不盡快採取行動，作為優勢日益明顯。
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. 新媒體的生活方式，是一種現實，為未來的耶魯大學學生和博客是一個很好的方法來連接現在和將，更重要的在未來的。 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.社區與誠實和開放的社會，實在是非常寶貴的-我有一些偉大的互動與招生博客來尊重他們，看到這些良好的互動反映，以及對他們的機構。
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. 機會學習要始終表示歡迎，招生團隊可以了解多從讀者和他們的問題作為他們的讀者會從他們。 See 4; two-way communication benefits both parties.見四;兩個雙向溝通，對雙方都有利。

Maybe Yale feels it is special–such a different animal that it doesn’t need to worry about these things.也許耶魯覺得這是特別，例如不同的動物，它並不需要擔心這些事情。 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.我還是去新的避風港，今年秋天，博客或沒有，但我認為，總的招生傑夫布倫策爾是通過了一些真正的機會，這裡沒有很好的理由。 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.哈佛大學取得大浪去年，它決定放棄其早期計劃（普林斯頓和長波紫外線值得一些信貸太） ;耶魯大學可以幫助設置一些趨勢過於如果採取行動博客前線。 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.其他學校中提到的文章- uchicago ，霍普金斯，長波紫外線-優異的掌聲為他們的努力，但不會傷害為耶魯大學，以幫助把一些肌肉背後的透明度，運動，由於其突出的位置。

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.我會提出金錢上線對院長布倫策爾說，耶魯大學招生博客將有真正的可衡量的價值，以學校，如果他想帶我上了，我將很樂意把下注在代管待調查年底的第一年，博客。