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Universities and colleges instituted affirmative action programs to help minority students who lacked social and educational opportunities, and the time has not yet come to discontinue them. Racial divisions still exist in the US, and diversity will deteriorate without affirmative action.
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In defense of affirmative action.
WHEN THE DEBATE over affirmative action in higher education exploded, my open support surprised many. My personal view about using race, ethnicity, and sex among the factors in student admissions has put me at odds with many, including the majority of the Regents of the University of California who govern my campus.
With California voters having decided in November, 1996, to end all state-sponsored affirmative action programs, silence would seem to be a far more prudent course for me to take. Educators already have enough battles to fight--declining public funding, controversy over the national research agenda. and eroding public support for America's academic mission. Why did I take on the explosive issue of affirmative action? My participa...See the full content of this document
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