No: goals are merely quotas in disguise

Article Abstract:

Affirmative action goals in legal education such as the ones at the University of California's Boalt Hall Law School diminish academic standards and make it difficult for minorities to compete. Boalt signed an agreement with the Office of Civil Rights to change its system, which included segregating applicants into ethnic groups and making up minority student shortfalls from segregated waiting lists. In all likelihood only cosmetic changes will result. Schools who feel they must have diversity in their student bodies keep applicants from real competition across racial lines.

Social aspects

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Making the grade; Ohio regents tie state law school subsidies to scholastic achievements of incoming students

Article Abstract:

An Ohio plan to tie funds to state law schools to the test scores and grades of incoming law students has proved extremely controversial. The plan lets a law school receive funds for the first tier of first-year students who meet minimum standards for LSAT scores and grade point averages. Critics find the proposal outrageous and discriminatory, while proponents protest the plan aims to improve the quality of the state's public law schools.

Finance, Ohio, Public universities and colleges

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Yes: don't deny rightful access

Article Abstract:

Affirmative action programs such as the one at the University of California's Boalt Hall Law School do not dilute academic standards and make it difficult for minorities to compete. Minorities are more than capable of competing with white students and benefiting from a legal education at one of the premier US law schools. This fact may be what frightens the universities which have historically excluded minorities.

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