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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is Abraham Lerner a student or an adult?

No diversity committee will fix the problem of attracting more qualified black and hispanic American citizen applicants to TJ.   The disparity in achievement is largely due to family/home environment factors and it usually starts in the early childhood years.  [/quote]

I believe Lerner lives in Herndon and is in his early 50s.

He didn't say he was in favor of enrolling random Black and Hispanic students in TJ.  He apparently thinks TJ should do more to enroll qualified minorities other than Asians, and found Epstein strenuously opposed to any such initiatives.

The Ivies and other top universities don't simply accept the students with the top GPAs and SATs, but perhaps they aren't in the same league as TJ.  
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I did not claim or suggest Lerner is "in favor of enrolling random Black and Hispanic students" at TJ.   My point is that TJ is not responsible for lower average achievement levels and home environments of many non-Asian and non-white students.   Throwing money into special enrichment programs exclusively for black/hispanic students doesn't seem to be working, either.   It's wonderful that they want to have more under-represented minorities at TJ, but they don't seem to realize why fewer black and hispanic students meet the criteria for admittance.

There are (or used to be) more students of black and hispanic ethnicity at TJ.   Many are of mixed ancestry.   More asians this year.[/quote]

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