But admissions directors predicted their decisions would not be greatly affected. Students who may have fallen short of academic requirements may win entrance, they said, but that would not mean other qualified students would be rejected.
Reilly and Walsh say the system “intends to provide more, not less, access to Wisconsin students from a variety of backgrounds” under their plan to boost enrollment on campuses. They are lobbying lawmakers for money to pay for the expansion.
Still, lawmakers say the changes sent the message that even some top students could be turned away from the system.
State Sen. Glenn Grothman, R-West Bend, called for legislation barring race, ethnicity and income from being mentioned in applications. “The university should be accepting the most qualified students regardless of where their great-great-grandparents were born,” he said in a statement.
U.S. Rep. Mark Green, a Republican running for governor, says students “should not be subjected to some convoluted system in which a bureaucrat will arbitrarily determine if you ‘fit the mold.’”
— Associated Press
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