Perspective
Feb. 29, 2012
Is it time to re-appraise affirmative action?
Persistent minority under-enrollment at state colleges calls for revaluation of affirmative action policy. By Mark Williams of Fagen Friedman & Fulfrost LLP
LAST IN A TWO-PART SERIES: Part one appeared on Monday.
I suggest two places to start for a re-examination of affirmative action and the rationales that underlie it. For a new affirmative action policy, California could look to the state of Texas. For a rationale, we can look to the U.S. Supreme Court's opinion in Grutter. Let's start first with Texas.
It is often supposed that affirmative action is a creature...
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