Re: Affirmative Acton promotes the unqualified to a position they do not deserve!

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From: Keith Baird
Date: Fri, 27 Mar 1998 00:00

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tracey12@swbell.net wrote:
>  AA promotes the ungualified to a position they do not deserve.
                   
Spelling aside, it's a common fallacy of the anti-AA crowd to
presume those admitted under affirmative action are _un_qualified
in an absolute sense.  Many, perhaps most, applicants denied
admission at schools like UT-Austin are qualified (in the sense
they'd be able to handle the curriculum) but are denied because
there's not enough space for _all_ capable applicants.

UT-Austin never used affirmative action to admit unqualified
applicants; _less_ qualified (though not by much), perhaps,
but not _un_qualified.  On the other hand, UT does admit
unqualified applicants (in the sense they can't handle the
curriculum) because they are athletes.

--/<eith

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From: kbaird@mail.utexas.edu (Keith Baird)
Subject: Re: Affirmative Acton promotes the unqualified to a position they do not deserve!
Date: 1998/03/27
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