https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2012/10/03/the-painful-truth-about-affirmative-action/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 02:33:05 -0400<![CDATA[The mismatch effect happens when a school extends to a student such a large admissions preference &#8212; sometimes because of a student&#8217;s athletic prowess or legacy connection to the school, but usually because of the student&#8217;s race &#8212; that the student finds himself in a class where he has weaker academic preparation than nearly all of his classmates. The student who would flourish at, say, Wake Forest or the University of Richmond, instead finds himself at Duke, where the professors are not teaching at a pace designed for him &#8212; they are teaching to the &#8220;middle&#8221; of the class, introducing terms and concepts at a speed that is unnerving even to the best-prepared student. &#8230;]]>Wed, 03 Oct 2012 10:30:05 -0400<![CDATA[Erika Johnsen]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2012/10/03/the-painful-truth-about-affirmative-action-n96293