January 17, 2003

Affirmative Action Has Failed to Integrate Colleges, Report Says

By PETER SCHMIDT

Minority students have less access to college than they did before affirmative action played a role in admissions policies, according to a report to be published in Academe, the magazine of the American Association of University Professors.

Although race-conscious policies have helped expand college access for black and Hispanic students, the effects of affirmative action have been offset by policies that give an advantage to white applicants, the report says. Those include special

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