February 23, 2007
Regents' Diversity Vote Means Trouble for U. of Wisconsin
The university may pay a price for directing its campuses to consider applicants' races
The University of Wisconsin appears headed for a prolonged fight with Republican state lawmakers and conservative activists over its decision this month to adopt a freshman-admissions policy directing each of its campuses to consider the race and ethnicity of applicants.
The controversial provision is part of a much broader overhaul of the system's admissions policies that will require all 26
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