An Eclectic Mix: From Affirmative Action to Mali
As we await the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on affirmative action, along with the rest of the higher education community, we decided to use what could be our last edition before the Court delivers a ruling this summer to explore “class-based” or economic affirmative action.
The Bush administration, which has been promoting “race-neutral” admissions policies, since earlier this year when President Bush publicly declared his opposition to the University of Michigan’s plan, saying the policy “amounts to a quota system that unfairly rewards or penalizes prospective students solely on their race,” believes that paying careful attention to the economic background of college applicants could also achieve a diverse student body. Senior writer Ronald Roach explores the pros and cons of class/economic-based affirmative action and gets a variety of opinions from scholars and policy-makers.
