Yeah, what a bunch of gaseous discharge.

What gets me about all this fretting about the "unqualified" minorities who end up at these colleges is that the "good ole days" of which these fat cats bemoan the loss were, I think, the days when dull (i.e. unqualified) young men from "good" (i.e. rich/connected) families were essentially guaranteed spots in these schools.

So when they complain about unqualified students being admitted, they seem to be really complaining that THEIR type of unqualified student has been replaced by a DIFFERENT kind of unqualified student.

When, in fact, all indications seem to be that student bodies at elite schools have never been more qualified than they are today.

"the days when dull (i.e. unqualified) young men from "good" (i.e. rich/connected) families were essentially guaranteed spots in these schools" haven't ended, not by a long shot. I suspect that if any "unqualified" minorities are displacing "qualified" students, it's because the fat cats' own "unqualified" progeny are perfectly safe.

Having earned a Bachelor of Business in the 1970s (after changing majors from a Liberal-Arts-ish Communications), I never saw any "Liberal" bias in my college education. The Business professors (and most Econ professors) all had to pass a 'Milton Friedman School' litmus test even before Friedman was that well known. That's MY anecdotal experience.

from my angry political rantings tumblr:
THE MYTH THAT “MINORITIES” GET MORE SCHOLARSHIPS DEBUNKED SINCE 5EVER

Eideteker --

Wow. Your page. This. Texas State Students Offer Scholarships Exclusively for White Males.

unfuckingbelievable.

Oh, and this ... the group offering the scholarship is called "Former Majority Association for Equality."

Why does Mills think the parents are at fault? The case could very well be that the kids themselves don't want to attend.

Good writing is not the same as good thinking. So many smart people don't really understand that.

A conservative I know was recently bloviating to me about a certain high-ranking school he had been considering for his daughter. He put it out of the running because, to paraphrase: half the students get in for diversity reasons and another quarter are Asians who obsess over test scores and have no social lives, so that means my daughter only has 1/4 of the student body to associate with.

:(

Another instance of white flight.

I stumbled across a message board for would be investment bankers not too long ago ... I was googling something about my alma mater and this discussion came up.

Someone spouted off their theory that the "second tier" of elite universities are where all the "good students" are these days ... They are taking refuge in schools like Notre Dame, Georgetown, Bucknell, Vanderbilt, the "public ivies," etc., because all the undeserving diversity admits had crowded out these good, normal students from the first tier elite schools.

It's hard when your hegemony crumbles - you grasp at whatever straws you can find.