State Sen. Ling Ling Chang, R-Diamond Bar, listens as lawmakers debate a measure to place a proposed Constitutional amendment on the November ballot to overturn its ban on affirmative action programs, at the Capitol, in Sacramento, Calif. By a vote the Senate approved the measure to let voters decide whether to repeal a ban on affirmative action policies in government and public colleges and universities.
Chang joined other Republican members in voting against the measure. Connect with the definitive source for global and local news. Beginning in the s, Americans made their views known in a series of referenda on the use of racial preferences.
Since , nine states have voted to ban the use of racial preferences in college admission: California , Texas , Washington , Florida , Michigan , Nebraska , Arizona , New Hampshire , and Oklahoma Bollinger decision. Eight states still ban the policy. Harvard University here and here. It organizes the public into nine distinct groups, based on an analysis of their attitudes and values. Even in a polarized era, the survey reveals deep divisions in both partisan coalitions. Pew Research Center now uses as the last birth year for Millennials in our work.
President Michael Dimock explains why. The vast majority of U. Use this tool to compare the groups on some key topics and their demographics. About Pew Research Center Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping the world. According to the study , conducted by Mark Long at the University of Washington and Nicole Bateman at the Brookings Institution, alternative policies designed to increase representation have proven inadequate.
To explore the long-term implications of banning affirmative action, the researchers studied enrollment at 19 public universities in states that adopted affirmative-action bans early, like Florida and California, and those that joined later, like Michigan, Oklahoma, and Nebraska. The gap then widened, on average, to
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