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Article: News and Views: Affirmative Action Beneficiaries Performing at Levels

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September 30, 1996
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09-30-1996
News and Views: Affirmative Action Beneficiaries Performing at Levels. Equal to Their White Peers

A new study by a pair of Michigan State University economists suggests that blacks who benefit from affirmative action in employment compete effectively in the work force despite the fact that they may have lower educational attainments than their white colleagues.

The relentless avalanche of news about how badly black Americans are faring in American society provides people with an unrealistic level of despair. We see that part of our job at JBHE is to provide a different balance -- to make certain that everybody knows about the strong ...

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