Have we finally come to the emperor-has-no-clothes moment when it comes to quotas, or as they are euphemistically known, “affirmative action”?  There are grounds for hope, as the chancellor of Oxford University, on everyone’s list of the most prestigious universities in the world, speaks truth to P.C. power in an interview with the U.K. Telegraph. Wikimedia Commons Javier Espinosa writes: Universities cannot accept more ethnic minority students under a quota system without eroding  standards, the chancellor of Oxford University has warned, as the  Government readies reforms which force them to publish admissions data. (snip) But as the pressure to accept students from a diverse background increases,  Lord Patten lay the blame on schools for failing to prepare students and  warned that any enforced quotas would result in a lowering of academic  standards. Lord Patten said: “I am in favour of universities...(Read Full Post)