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Article: Challenging the Racial Diversity Argument.(National Association of Scholars, report)
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- Black Issues in Higher Education
- Article date:
- April 26, 2001
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The National Association of Scholars refutes research on the educational benefits of campus diversity
WASHINGTON
On the heels of federal court rulings in the University of Michigan's defense of race-conscious affirmative action in its undergraduate and law school admissions, the National Association of Scholars (NAS) has issued a report this month refuting research that says campus racial diversity is correlated with educational benefits.
The research, which was conducted with data largely compiled by a University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) research institute, has helped the University of Michigan build a legal argument around the idea ...