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March 19, 2012 08:45 PM UTC
12 Comments
I’ve studied women for years and will gladly go on doing so if the price is right — $5 million should do it!
Which is it, Pols? Do you support affirmative action or don’t you?
I don’t believe this is affirmative action. I believe that CU will select scholars who are completely qualified to teach there, and I support giving students a choice beyond the liberalism that dominates academia. No one disputes that academia is dominated by the left, we just disagree on the reason. I don’t think it’s because conservatives are discriminated against, I think we just choose jobs in the real world.
But it’s clear that Pols think this is affirmative action, and doesn’t like it. Who is the hypocrite now?
What you’re saying is that students admitted under affirmative action aren’t qualified.
Pardon me, but your bigotry is showing.
But affirmative action EXISTS to provide opportunity to those who are not qualified. You say it’s due to historical factors and/or racism. Opponents of racial preferences (like me) say getting rid of affirmative action is the only way to bring about true equality. Trying to solve inequality by positive feedback of more inequality hasn’t worked.
In very competitive situations, like say admission to Harvard, there are many more qualified applicants than spots available for admission. I suspect that we can actually agree on that (that might be a first). Anecdotally, I hear stories of kids with 4.0 GPAs getting turned down for admission to selective schools.
At the same time, these schools are admitting legacies with, shall we say, less than stellar credentials (coughBushcough). I’d be willing to wager that, as a group, affirmative action admittees have better credentials than legacies.
As for
I think you’re beating on a strawman. It’s much more a matter of socioeconomic environment. It’s really hard to get a good education in shitty school in the inner city. You have to work harder to achieve the same success. Affirmative action just recognizes what’s glaringly obvious: the playing field is not level.
Not really.
I wonder why “the real world” looks so much like the inside of Mitt RMoney’s colon?
is that a polyp ?
Because “C.U. will select [conservative] scholars who are completely qualified to teach there.” Anyone who understands the concept of affirmative action understands this falls in that category.
As to is it a good idea, I think so. Diverse viewpoints are a good idea on a college campus. But I do think those who oppose affirmative action should oppose this as a clear case.
This dude (and it will be a dude if it isn’t Mona Charen) is going to get schooled.
There’s a reason conservatives don’t hang on campus, it’s because their bullshit arguments get crushed by people with actual intellects.
And I like the thought of GOPers defending affirmative action!
If it’s for conservatives, they are just getting that to which they are entitled for their hard work.
UNC had a Monfort Distinguished Scholar of Business. It was an endowed chair, funded entirely by donations. Supposedly there were supposed to be a series of world-class visiting scholars revolving every 3 years or so. In practice, one dude eventually landed in the position and stayed for over a decade. Even though he was paid through the endowment, his retirement benefits came through the university based on his inflated endowed salary. It ended up being a long-term expense that was more or less thrust on the school– an unfunded mandate.