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Science Needs Affirmative Action (science.org)
1 point by throwawaysea on Feb 8, 2022 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment


No, what's bad for science is discriminating against people on the basis of sex and race, which is what affirmative action now means. I have not seen research showing that college grades and GRE scores underpredict the performance of minorities in graduate school.




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