March 2, 2001
Most Colleges Use Racial Preferences in Admissions, Foe of Affirmative Action Finds
The use of racial and ethnic preferences by college admissions offices is widespread and hardly limited to the elite institutions that the debate over the practice has focused on, according to a report released last week by a group that opposes affirmative action.
Officials at several of the colleges mentioned in the report charged that the organization's research misinterprets their admissions data and presents oversimplified and misleading conclusions.
The report, by the
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