Robert Weissberg

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August 7, 2023

A Symposium on Legacy Admissions: Robert Weissberg

Robert Weissberg

"If legacy admissions is just a ruse to sneak in academically underqualified whites, why stop with legacies?" asks Robert Weissberg in his symposium contribution.

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May 7, 2013

Speculating on the End of the Racial Spoils System

Robert Weissberg

Robert Weissberg surmises that the crumbling of racial preferences in higher education may be near.

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March 8, 2013

Taking Back the University: Better to be Feared Than Loved

Robert Weissberg

Weissberg explains how the political correctness gang is responsible for the attack on Emory University President. 

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February 13, 2012

The White Male Shortage on Campus

Robert Weissberg

Robert Weissberg explains the male shortage on college campuses: they've become decidedly guy-unfriendly.

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January 16, 2012

Look Who's Endorsing a Race-Based View of Knowledge

Robert Weissberg

A new document from the American Political Science Association views race and epistemology as inseparable.

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December 9, 2011

Why Academic Gobbledygook Makes Sense

Robert Weissberg

Academic prose is famously turgid and obscure, but political scientist Robert Weissberg can see where it comes in handy in a feverishly PC academic climate like the present one.

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