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Virginia Tech Reverses Decision on Affirmative Action

Virginia Tech Reverses Decision on Affirmative Action

BLACKSBURG, Va.

A month after the Black alumni of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, as well as others, expressed disapproval of the university’s board of visitors’ decision to bar the consideration of race and gender in campus admissions, hiring and financial aid processes, the board restored its affirmative action policy.