January 14, 2005

Affirmative Action, Relatively Speaking

By PETER SCHMIDT

At many selective colleges, the children of employees get an edge in the admissions office

List: How five colleges respond when the child of an employee applies

Colloquy: Read the transcript of a live, online discussion with Anthony P. Carnevale, a senior fellow at the National Center on Education and the Economy, about whether colleges should give an admissions edge to the children of their employees.

Article: Michigan: Who Really Won?

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