Legal restrictions on the use of affirmation action have created a public opinion that such programs are not necessary to reach diversity.
Also, Cruz is a critic of affirmation action, so questions about hypocrisy on that issue are legitimate as well.
In contrast to those plans, the Pennsylvania plan would continue using the existing affirmation action system.
He also said that Asians have historically benefited from affirmation action, and that diverse student bodies benefit everyone.
In another hot-button education issue, Michigan voters approved a constitutional amendment that prohibits any public institution from using affirmation action in hiring or contracting practices.
The nation's most effective, and palatable, affirmation action has always been for whites.
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Adam Parsons commentates on the action.
And while Mr. Moran nods gently in affirmation when his actions on that bleak morning are recalled, he deflects any talk that he did anything more than what was expected of him.
