Comments on: Racist College Admission Policy http://enableate.com/steve/2007/809 make it happen Fri, 09 Jan 2009 23:21:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: darwin http://enableate.com/steve/2007/809#comment-11813 darwin Sat, 06 Oct 2007 00:05:41 +0000 http://enableate.com/steve/2007/809#comment-11813 Funny, I didn't know that Supreme Court had forbidden college admissiosn boards from trying to cure societal ills. Or maybe that guy's talking out of his ass. Anyway, I dont support affirmative-action requirements in general, although I would say we should be careful about chastising institutions blindly. I don't know if I agree that it helps college students prepare for the real world to be on a diverse campus where they'll have to deal with people from all different kinds of cultures, but I do think it's a reasonable argument if someone wanted to use it to justify diversity enrollment programs. Funny, I didn’t know that Supreme Court had forbidden college admissiosn boards from trying to cure societal ills. Or maybe that guy’s talking out of his ass.

Anyway, I dont support affirmative-action requirements in general, although I would say we should be careful about chastising institutions blindly. I don’t know if I agree that it helps college students prepare for the real world to be on a diverse campus where they’ll have to deal with people from all different kinds of cultures, but I do think it’s a reasonable argument if someone wanted to use it to justify diversity enrollment programs.

]]> By: Jamie http://enableate.com/steve/2007/809#comment-11810 Jamie Fri, 05 Oct 2007 20:47:26 +0000 http://enableate.com/steve/2007/809#comment-11810 I'm a Bush Republican who believes very steadfastly in standards based education as spelled out in the awesome no child left behind act. These ideals have led me to believe that we should adopt the same principles to college admission. Since the SAT is the best way to objectively test standards we can simply admit only those with good scores. That will solve everything. Now, let me get back to destroying the environment and hating people. I’m a Bush Republican who believes very steadfastly in standards based education as spelled out in the awesome no child left behind act. These ideals have led me to believe that we should adopt the same principles to college admission. Since the SAT is the best way to objectively test standards we can simply admit only those with good scores. That will solve everything. Now, let me get back to destroying the environment and hating people.

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