In this week's Pope Center Clarion Call, I discuss the recent book Uneducated Guesses by Howard Wainer -- specifically his analysis of the impact of colleges adopting "SAT optional" policies. Wainer finds that when schools do that, the students who decide not to report their scores will be academically weaker ones. The competence of the student body declines somewhat. Those who argue that SAT scores provide no useful information seem to be mistaken.
July 30, 2024
The dark secret of anti-Semitism is that ignorance alone cannot explain it away or absolve those who adhere to it. If anything, the most vivid episodes of history’s anti-Semitism have......
September 6, 2024
Audio acquired by the National Association of Scholars describes allegations of coverup race-based hiring coverup at the University of Washington...
June 20, 2024
Peter Wood writes on the passing of Warren Winiarski, a long-time supporter and friend of the National Association of Scholars, who sought to cultivate civilization and the liberal arts......
May 15, 2015
A look at the double standard that has arisen regarding racism, illustrated recently by the reaction to a black professor's biased comments on Twitter....
September 6, 2024
Audio acquired by the National Association of Scholars describes allegations of coverup race-based hiring coverup at the University of Washington...
September 18, 2024
FOIA requests found evidence of racial discrimination at the University of Washington. A professor now accuses the University of a cover-up. A leading scholar of "whiteness" is accus......
