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Alan Dershowitz Reacts to the College Admissions Scam
Alan Dershowitz ^ | 13 March 2019 | Alan Dershowitz

Posted on 03/13/2019 1:36:28 PM PDT by Steely Tom

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To: Tired of Taxes

How do those companies get around the Griggs vs Duke Power ruling?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Griggs_v._Duke_Power_Co.

That’s the ruling that made the BS degree the ticket to s job. It ruined a lot of in-house training programs.


41 posted on 03/13/2019 3:28:53 PM PDT by Reily
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To: Steely Tom

This will be old news by next week. Fines will be paid but new schemes will be put in place. Nothing to see here, move along now.


42 posted on 03/13/2019 3:30:20 PM PDT by HChampagne (Cruz supporter but I will support and vote for Trump.)
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To: bgill

Everything that comes out of AOC’s mouth all makes sense to me now. No grades? We have graduated a bunch of idiots and AOC is the poster child.


43 posted on 03/13/2019 3:36:11 PM PDT by mosaicwolf
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To: Steely Tom

The only thing I disagree with him is about athletics... Universities should be about preparing for careers, and athletes are the absolute best at what they do, preparing for a professional career. As with all careers, only a few get to the top spots with the big money, but that is besides the point.


44 posted on 03/13/2019 3:38:50 PM PDT by jimmygrace
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To: Reily
I never heard of that case before. But the Wikipedia article states, "businesses must demonstrate that such tests are "reasonably related" to the job for which the test is required." These tests are related to the job.

Some companies ask each applicant to write a program before they'll even grant an interview. And now the big thing today is this:

https://skillcrush.com/2016/03/29/rock-your-next-whiteboard-test/

45 posted on 03/13/2019 3:41:24 PM PDT by Tired of Taxes
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To: jimmygrace

Disagree!

Colleges & universities should NOT be a farm system for professional football & basketball!

Let them spend the money & make the investment for a farm system. Then these athletes can prepare for their professional careers in a professional environment. Most of the athletes in the current system could care less about being students. They shouldn’t be forced to participate in the current hypocritical charade that their students.


46 posted on 03/13/2019 3:46:45 PM PDT by Reily
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To: Tired of Taxes

Maybe it hasn’t been challenged! Maybe lawyers have figured out in some cases a way around Griggs vs Duke, etc.


47 posted on 03/13/2019 3:48:53 PM PDT by Reily
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To: Steely Tom
Look what happened when government got involved in funding universities and student loans.

How do we think things are going to work out when government takes complete control of our medical care?

48 posted on 03/13/2019 3:49:55 PM PDT by Gritty (Any Socialist Government would have to fall back on some form of Gestapo - Winston Churchill)
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To: Steely Tom

In this situation, people have pleased guilty to things that are not crimes.


49 posted on 03/13/2019 3:54:06 PM PDT by youngidiot (Admiral Mike Rogers is a hero.)
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To: Steely Tom

How is this really any different than Harvard’s legacy admissions policy where every Kennedy that ever lived got in or even affirmative action where those of lower merit get in based upon their skin color?

It’s all just whoring. It seems people are upset because it was a few soccer coaches being bribed instead of the universities themselves getting a new building in exchange for admitting the spawn of the rich.


50 posted on 03/13/2019 3:54:55 PM PDT by GaryCrow
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To: Reily

The testing is pretty much industry-wide, at least according to what I’ve been reading and hearing.

There’s nothing wrong with testing a prospective employee, especially for a technical career. Companies found that colleges don’t always prepare students well enough for these jobs.


51 posted on 03/13/2019 3:58:55 PM PDT by Tired of Taxes
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To: Steely Tom

The Dersh is still an clear-minded guy who communicates well.


52 posted on 03/13/2019 6:25:05 PM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: Vendome

Any guesses as to whether these Hollywood airheads have voted for or against the affirmative-action candidates on their ballots?


53 posted on 03/13/2019 6:26:43 PM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: humbleexpert

Companies administering tests? Oh, no, I think that is verboten!


54 posted on 03/13/2019 6:42:08 PM PDT by goodnesswins (White Privilege EQUALS Self Control & working 50-80 hrs/wk for 40 years!)
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To: Steely Tom

Buying a new building to get your kid in is not the same as what happened here. The coaches sold access that was not theirs to sell, it is the institution’s to sell.

The price increased to a new building 40 or 50 years ago. I bet this is just one scam they caught. This has been going on for years. You either pay someone to fix it or you check the Native American box.

I wish I new this crap back when I needed a defense for my poor academic performance. Think my mom will allow an appeal on such an old case?


55 posted on 03/13/2019 7:34:01 PM PDT by dgbrown
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