October 8, 2008

Idea That Affirmative Action Stigmatizes Minority Students Is Challenged

By Peter Schmidt

A survey of students at seven law schools has found no evidence that affirmative action stigmatizes members of the minority groups that benefit from it, according to an article scheduled for publication in the California Law Review.

In a news release issued by the University of Iowa to announce the study's results, Angela Onwuachi-Willig, a professor of law at Iowa, said the findings call into question the common argument that affirmative action hurts the people it was

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