Employers pay for concrete knowledge. Economists Jeff Grogger and Eric Eide, found that a great deal of the increase in the value of a college degree in the 1980s resulted from the increase in engineering and science majors between 1976 and 1984. The data say yes. Wasting four years of a young person's life by bending admission standards so that one can admire one's devotion to inclusiveness is a selfish indulgence rampant in higher education. If Representative Chavez really cared about students he would agree with Attorney General Norton.
Race has no place in college admissions.
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