September 2008

Mismatched In California

September 15, 2008

Common sense says a student probably won’t perform well if he’s placed in an academic environment for which he’s unprepared. I guess it takes a panel of researchers to make it official. Inside Higher Ed reports that researchers addressed the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights last week, and the topic of discussion was the so-called [...]

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Ward Connerly on UCLA’s Fuzzy Admissions

September 15, 2008

Last week, Ward Connerly wrote an article for Minding the Campus about UCLA’s use of “fuzzy admissions” to increase the number of black students on campus.In a state-wide campaign spearheaded by Connerly, 54 percent of California voters banned government preferences in hiring, contracting, and admissions in 1996. It is illegal in the state of California [...]

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Signature Blockers

September 12, 2008

They’re loud and rude. They’re called signature blockers, people who seek to prevent others from reading and signing petitions to add civil rights initiatives to state ballots. As the video below shows, some want to prevent voters from even hearing about anti-preference initiatives. I’ll write more about signature blockers next week. For now, think about [...]

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