Bob Weissberg on the Higher Ed Establishment's "Diversity Statement"

George Leef

Writing on American Thinker, Bob Weissberg has a sharp commentary on the recent Statement by the higher ed establishment—its feeble and deceptive defense of racial preferences in college admissions.

To Bob's arguments, I would add this. It's deceptive of the establishment to pretend that without racial preferences, there would be no "diversity" at top colleges (some students from those "underrepresented minority groups" have the academic qualifications to make it without preferences) and even more deceptive to lead people to think that their policies lead to any gain in "diversity." All that preferences can do is to slightly redistribute where the "diverse" students attend. If a few of them get the (questionable) benefit of going to a more prestigious institution, those students are poached away from other schools which then have less "diversity." I would like to see Lee Bollinger explain how this game of musical chairs has any net benefits, even assuming that mixing a few URM students into the campus somehow improves the educational environment.

  • Share

Most Commented

October 29, 2024

1.

The Looming Irrelevance of Middle East Study Centers

Today’s Middle Eastern Studies Centers are facing a crisis due to the winds of change in the Middle East and their own ideological echo chamber....

November 19, 2024

2.

Lee Zeldin Should Reform EPA Science Policy

NAS welcomes the nomination of Congressmen Lee Zeldin to lead the Environmental Protection Agency....

November 20, 2024

3.

NAS Welcomes Administrator McMahon's Nomination to Serve as Education Secretary

With McMahon, the new administration has a chance to drastically slim down and depoliticize the Education Department....

Most Read

May 15, 2015

1.

Where Did We Get the Idea That Only White People Can Be Racist?

A look at the double standard that has arisen regarding racism, illustrated recently by the reaction to a black professor's biased comments on Twitter....

October 12, 2010

2.

Ask a Scholar: What is the True Definition of Latino?

What does it mean to be Latino? Are only Latin American people Latino, or does the term apply to anyone whose language derived from Latin?...

May 26, 2010

3.

10 Reasons Not to Go to College

A sampling of arguments for the idea that college may not be for everyone....