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Selingo, Jeffrey – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2000
Analyzes plans of some states (California, Florida, and Texas) to admit top high school graduates to public colleges and universities as a way to promote diversity without affirmative action programs. Critics claim such plans exploit educational segregation while doing nothing to improve schools, and may create inequities by denying admission to…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Black Students, College Admission, College Bound Students