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Race-neutral alternatives: Post-admissions realities in STEM (Pt. 2)

November 1, 2012 | Author:Daryl E. Chubin, AAAS Senior Advisor

Part I of this column suggested that as the U.S. population becomes more racially and ethnically diverse, our higher education institutions leave too many students of color behind due to their inability to pay.  Their color combined with their class ironically affords them no preference—just the opposite of what critics claim.