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Article: Academies believe admission change won't hurt minorities.
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- The Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD)
- Article date:
- May 12, 2007
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Byline: Bradley Olson
May 12--The Defense Department has proposed eliminating a written policy that gives "primary consideration" to women and minorities for admission to preparatory schools affiliated with the nation's service academies.
But the change may have little effect, defense officials and Naval Academy alumni say, because those institutions have established what they believe is a legal way to give consideration to race and ethnicity in admitting applicants.
"I don't think it will hurt that much in getting minorities in," said Jim Jackson, a former academy admissions officer who now helps recruit minorities at Anne Arundel Community ...