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To: LindyBill who wrote (66785)1/18/2003 4:26:58 PM
From: Nadine Carroll  Read Replies (2) of 281500
 
That is what we want, John. The only caveat is, "You just can't discriminate."

Kind of difficult when the whole function of an admissions committee is to be discriminating. Is being a legacy more important that good grades? Is being well-rounded more important than brilliance in math? Is it important to get students from all around the country, or from different economic backgrounds? Race shades into so many other things.

It would be more constructive if admissions committees could be turned away from straight racial preferences, which are almost as harmful to those they admit as to those they deny, to a more proper kind of affirmative action -- finding very bright but under-prepared students and putting them through a very tough remedial course, so that those who passed were better prepared than most for their freshman year. Of course, this approach costs money.
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