... basic argument for quotas was minority under-representation. However, this case has shown the defination of under-representation is a loose one. Affirmative action programs in university admissions are some of the most contested issues dividing young americans today. If affirmative action in the work place is a competetion for blue collar jobs and ... in education it is a function of admission to elite and highly selective undergraduate schools and graduate programs. Schools, at the very top like Harvard or stanford, ecome institutions able to offer the very best black applicants a rang...

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