Education Department Highlights ‘Race-Neutral’ Admissions Initiatives
Americans should not look to achieve diversity through affirmative action, secretary says
By Charles Dervarics
Americans should not look to achieve diversity through affirmative action and other “shortcuts that divide us by race,” says U.S. Education Secretary Roderick Paige as he mounts a new Bush administration campaign to showcase ‘race-neutral’ approaches to diversity.
With the U.S. Supreme Court taking its long-awaited look at affirmative action in college admissions, Paige outlined his views in a speech before Hispanic educators and in comments at the release of a report touting alternatives that he says can reach the same objective of diversity.
