-Caveat Lector- http://www.nationalreview.com/ WITHOUT MERIT The success of the campaign against racial preferences has forced the civil-rights movement to change tactics: If they can't have double standards, they'll have no standards at all. The Clinton administration is beginning the assault by moving to restrict the use of standardized tests in the admissions processes of colleges and universities. Under new guidelines proposed by the Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights, "The use of any educational test which has a significant disparate impact on members of any particular race, national origin, or sex is discriminatory." Well, that's just about every one of them. Officials at higher-education associations--not famous for their staunch defense of merit-based admissions policies--"were reeling" when they heard the news about the "extraordinary documents," according to a report in the Chronicle of Higher Education. "Noting that more than 100 selective colleges emphasize SAT scores and that minority students, on average, consistently score far lower than white students, [they] were concerned that they would have to assemble evidence to defend policies, or lose a key method of judging merit in admissions," said the Chronicle. For years, conservatives have accused the Left of being for diversity of race and sex but not of thought. Diversity of brainpower is no improvement. Grades are probably on the hit list, too. Before long, admissions will be based on a lottery system. And then the multiculturalists will have the proportional representation they have wanted all along. DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance�not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
