Title: The affirmative action hoax : diversity, the importance of character and other lies /
Authors: Farron, Steven.
Publisher: Seven Locks Press,
Year: 2005
Subjects: Affirmative action programs in education; Discrimination in education; Reverse discrimination
Contents: The beginning of affirmative action : Kennedy and King's moral crusade -- Bakke : diversity replaces redress -- Quotas are best : the origin of diversity and other non-academic qualifications at American universities. Admissions before the Jewish problem ; The Jewish problem ; The first response to the problem : Columbia ; A national solution is found : the Harvard College program ; Professional schools ; The barriers smashed : the SAT ; Faculty -- Quotas are best : history repeats itself -- Defining minority and race -- Admissions I : the lie that affirmative action is compensation for poverty and other handicaps. Socioeconomic background ; The irrelevance of cultural and psychological factors ; The irrelevance of school quality ; The irrelevance of evidence -- The media vs. reality I : raising intelligence and improving academic performance. The media's compromise with reality -- Admissions II : the lie that affirmative action is one of many non-academic factors -- Affirmative grading and graduation. Grade inflation -- The media vs reality II : resolute ignorance -- Admissions III : the shape of the river : the lie exposed -- The shape of the river : the liars defend affirmative action. Diversity ; Merit -- The ultimate lie -- Grades vs. standardized tests -- What the SAT predicts -- Closing the racial gap in education -- After university : the lie continues. Diversity in the workplace ; The war on qualifications ; The success of the war on qualifications ; University faculty -- Who are the victims? The recipients ; The showpicece of affirmative action and a remarkable immigrant story ; Asians should be the main victims of affirmative action ; Asians are beneficiaries of affirmative action.