RACIAL PREFERENCES BY THE NUMBERS -- BY ROBERT VerBRUGGEN, National Review

Two researchers lay out the data on affirmative action in college admissions.

It’s hard to get a straight answer as to how pervasive racial preferences are. On the one hand, many academics say preferences hardly even exist — they’re just a tie-breaker that admissions officers use on rare occasions. On the other hand, the same academics often say preferences are crucial to diversity, and their elimination would wreak havoc on campuses nationwide.

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