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Colleges need affirmative action – but it can be expanded

  • Written by Eboni Nelson, Professor of Law, University of South Carolina
imageRace-neutral affirmative action can help identify first-generation students like Blanca Diaz and LaQuintah Garrett.AP Photo/Amy Anthony

In 2003, Justice Antonin Scalia predicted that the Supreme Court’s sanctioning of race-conscious affirmative action in higher education would spark future litigation for years to come. And right he was. From d...

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