February 16, 2001
Affirmative Action and New Demographic Realities
Many proponents of affirmative action in college admissions believe that they scored major victories in December when two separate courts ruled in support of the policy, on grounds that diversity justifies its use. First, a federal appeals court upheld the legality of a race-conscious admissions program formerly used at the University of Washington. Nine days later, a federal district court decided in favor of an existing admissions program at the University of Michigan that gives minority
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