October 23, 1998

'Hard Data' on Affirmative Action, or 'Sociological Mumbo Jumbo'?

To the Editor:

The "hard data" on affirmative action that former university presidents Derek Bok and William G. Bowen have provided do indeed serve as an eye opener ("A Sweeping New Defense of Affirmative Action," September 18). The data prove conclusively that the elite institutions that these men represent have practiced a brand of discrimination against white students that is far more extreme than has been

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