Hyperbole and reality

Last month, this ” target=”_blank”>blog and the articles to which it links. They offer proof positive that serious outreach efforts (as conducted by the University of California) and socio-economically based affirmative action can result in minority student admissions that exceed what exists when preferences are in place.

Our blog cited a  ” target=”_blank”>op/ed in the Los Angeles Times nearly three years ago.

What may put off some folks is that the numbers at the UC don’t come easily; it’s not a function of waving a magic wand and declaring students qualified or lowering standards of admission. It is, as The New York Times