September 3, 1999
Lawsuit Prompts U. of Georgia to End Admissions Preferences for Male Applicants
The University of Georgia announced in August that it would stop giving an automatic preference in admissions to male applicants, after a woman sued the university for rejecting her, she said, because she is white and female.
University officials said they would wait at least a month before deciding whether to stop weighing race in admissions as well.
"The legal advice is that racial preference is more legally defensible than gender," said Tom Jackson,
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