May 18, 2007

Defense Dept. May Cut U.S. Service Academies' Affirmative-Action Efforts

By PETER SCHMIDT

The nation's military-service academies could be stripped of one of their chief tools for bringing in black, Hispanic, and American Indian students as a result of regulatory changes being considered by the Department of Defense, officials of the U.S. Air Force Academy said last week.

The proposed change in the department's directives to its service academies would end their ability to favor minority and female applicants in determining admissions to affiliated "academy preparatory

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