Affirmative Action

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This paper states that the article stimulates thought by providing an educational and cognitive point of view of the potential benefits and detriments of affirmative action at institutions of higher learning. The author relates that Patricia Gurin, et al., conducted a research study at various institutions of higher learning to determine the social, psychological, and legal benefits of greater diversity in education, as achieved through affirmative action programs. This paper stresses that diversity, as an institutional goal, meets both important educational and civic goals through academic and informal interactions on the college campus.

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"This article was written during the height of the legal controversy over the University of Michigan's educational policies regarding affirmative action. At the time, it was alleged that the university was employing a de facto quota system to increase the diversity of its applicants in an illegal fashion. The defendants argued that, had they been minority candidates, they would have been accepted under the university's "point" system. The school has since employed a different admissions policy to ensure diversity."

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