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No Affirmative Action Means Fewer Minorities

Date: 11/17/2008 05:28 pm

 

With the passing of the Affirmative Action Ban in 2006, which stated that there could be no race or gender-based affirmative action, the number of minority students accepted to college has dropped in recent years.  For the University of Michigan, the ban meant a slight fall in the number of minority students accepted for the past year’s freshman class. The fear is that the number of minorities on campuses will decline drastically — something that schools are hoping to avoid.  

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