Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84 exptools; site ihlpg.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!ihlpg!tan From: tan@ihlpg.UUCP (Bill Tanenbaum - AT&T Bell Labs - Naperville IL) Newsgroups: net.politics Subject: Re: AA/Quota's, etc, why I don't like them... Message-ID: <726@ihlpg.UUCP> Date: Mon, 1-Jul-85 14:12:14 EDT Article-I.D.: ihlpg.726 Posted: Mon Jul 1 14:12:14 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 2-Jul-85 05:41:37 EDT References: <3890@alice.UUCP> <234@ubvax.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 27 > That report led to AA precisely because its results suggested that > the effect of education on career achievements, after taking out > factors the most important of which was Father's occupation, was > practically NIL. No effect, no program. > > Projections based on collected data indicate that improving education > will not affect racial differences in life career paths AT ALL. Chris > Jencks' book, "Who Gets Ahead", refines and fixes these statements some > more, taking into account new data, but the predictions remain the same: > improving education will have no effect on the US's racially unequal > distribution of careers. Noting the strong effects of father's > occupations through all this research, overwhelming any school effects, > Jencks says that the way to redistribute careers is to redistribute > careers. Makes sense. If father's occupation is most of what matters, > then changing father's occupation will help the children. > > > Tony Wuersch > {amd,amdcad}!cae780!ubvax!tonyw > So, education has no effect on career achievements. We sure could save a lot of money if we just closed all the schools.-) We could hold a lottery to see who gets what job. What could be more unbiased than that! Seriously, I would be curious if anyone on the net besides Mr. Wuersch believes this drivel. -- Bill Tanenbaum - AT&T Bell Labs - Naperville IL ihnp4!ihlpg!tan