Monthly Archives: September 2005

The comments on this blog haven’t worked for a long time, because the default permissions for new post pages prohibited the web server from reading them. However, that seems to be fixed! Comment away!

Admitting students to colleges (even partly) based on athletic ability or legacy hurts (or at least can’t help) other metrics of quality in the admitted student body. Hiring workers (even partly) based on race hurts other metrics of worker quality. … Continue reading →

On Slate, this dialogue about the new books Pornified and Female Chauvinist Pigs. I like Laura Kipnis (Against Love) even when I don’t agree with her, and she does a good job fending away the moralists here, I think. Also, … Continue reading →

I am extremely busy.

I recently wrote and posted my draft thesis proposal in Economics, which is about grades in higher education. You may choose to think of this as research in quantitative sociology rather than economics; it’s not about currencies and interest rates, … Continue reading →