LINCOLN, Neb.
A group supporting a Nov. 4 ballot measure to end affirmative action says the University of Nebraska College of Law discriminates against White students, but school officials say they never released data that could produce that finding.
The Virginia-based Center for Equal Opportunity released a study on Wednesday. The group says the study shows that minorities, namely Blacks and Hispanics, have been admitted to the college with lower test scores than Whites who were not admitted.
The ballot measure would prohibit state and local governments from giving preferential treatment to people on the basis of race, sex, ethnicity or national origin.
Law school Dean Steven Willborn questioned the statistics that were the basis of the group’s findings. He said the college did not provide the group with information that showed the race and ethnicity of students.
Roger Clegg, president of the group and a former assistant attorney general in the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Justice Department, said during a news conference that the law college did provide data that revealed the race and ethnicity of applicants and those admitted.
Willborn acknowledged, however, that race is a factor in admissions decisions.
