"The grounding for that effort goes back to the Bakke decision that barred quotas but did allow race to be taken into account as a factor -- not the single factor, but a factor -- in college admissions," Merkowitz said.
Merkowitz predicted that bills that have been introduced in the Congress that will eliminate all consideration of race in contracting and hiring would be stalled because of the preoccupation with the presidential primaries and the upcoming election.
One of the most important ways to defend affirmative action is to correct the idea that it involves preferences and quotas, said Merkowitz. In support of that effort, the ACE alliance has published a book, "Making the Case for Affirmative Action in Higher Education."
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