December 10, 2015

Scalia and the MSM — a case of mismatch

(Paul Mirengoff) Yesterday, during the oral argument in Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin, Justice Scalia raised the issue of "mismatch." This is the phenomenon, identified by scholars Richard Sander (along with legal affairs writer Stuart Taylor) and Gail Heriot, whereby students admitted to top colleges with lower credentials than their classmates tend to struggle academically to their detriment. As Sander says: There are now dozens of careful, peer-reviewed studies that

Source: Power Line