April 21, 2000

U.S. Civil-Rights Panel Blasts Statewide Admissions Policies Based on Class Rank

By JEFFREY SELINGO and PATRICK HEALY

The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights last week attacked an increasingly popular substitute for affirmative action

ALSO SEE:

The full text of a statement by the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights criticizing the college-admissions systems recently adopted in California, Florida, and Texas; also, the full text of a dissenting statement

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