| 1. Achieving
a four-year college degree is needed to do research in most technical fields. |
Agree
Disagree |
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| 2. Achieving
a post-graduate degree is needed to work effectively in most technical fields. |
Agree
Disagree |
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| 3. Admissions
to colleges and universities should be based upon entrance exams and previous grades. |
Agree
Disagree |
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| 4. Admissions
to colleges and universities should be based upon racial, ethnic and gender factors. |
Agree
Disagree |
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| 5. Most
advances in medicine (cures and medications, etc.) are made by people with advanced
degrees working in technical jobs. |
Agree
Disagree |
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| 6. If a
person with high test scores and grades is not admitted to a medical school, but a less
talented person is admitted for racial, ethnic or gender reasons, the potential
accomplishments of the more talented are lost to society. |
Agree
Disagree |
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| 7. If that
more talented person could have discovered the cure for cancer, more people will die of
cancer until someone else discovers the cure. |
Agree
Disagree |
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8. The following
quote is from a New York Times story about the University of Michigan's minority
accommodation policy which gives extra points toward entrance for being a minority. This
policy is comparable to raising a minority applicant's grades by one (i.e., a C becomes a
B, etc.). A female
minority law student said, "I don't think white people
are being discriminated against with these policies. I think minorities are getting
a chance to show their qualifications beyond raw numbers and raw test scores." |
Agree
Disagree |
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| 9. People
should be admitted to colleges and universities based solely upon their academic
capabilities. |
Agree
Disagree |
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| 10. Students should
be admitted to colleges in the same way athletes are hired for sports teams.
That is, those individuals who perform the best at the sport are hired to play. |
Agree
Disagree |
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| 11. Generally, I
prefer to earn what I receive rather than have it given to me, except on Christmas and my
birthday. |
Agree
Disagree |