Interracial America | Affirmative Action in Admissions Benefits College Students

Affirmative action policies benefit all college students, contends Martin Michaelson in the following viewpoint. The consideration of race and ethnicity in admissions has had a negligible effect on white student attendance, Michaelson points out. In the meantime, affirmative action brings a healthy racial diversity to college campuses—a diversity that enhances students’ personal and academic development. Moreover, the author asserts, college affirmative action programs have fostered a growing middle class of successful minority professionals. Michaelson, a Washington, D.C.- based...

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