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E、CEllspACing=0 CEllpADDing=0 wiDth="100%" BorDEr=0> opponEnts oF AFFirmAtivE ACtion sAy thE BAttlE ovEr thE usE oF rACE in CollEgE ADmissions is hArDly ovEr, DEspitE thE suprEmECourt’s ruling monDAy upholDing thE goAl oF A DivErsE stuDEnt BoDy. highEr EDuCAtion lEADErs ovErwhElmingly hAilED thE DECision, sAying it rEAFFirmED poliCiEs usED By must sElECtivE CollEgEs AnD univErsitiEs.But somE CritiCs rAisED thE possiBility oF morE lAwsuits, AnD promisED to ContinuE prEssuring thEDEpArtmEnt oFEDuCAtion’s oFFiCE oFCivil rights to invEstigAtE quEstionABlE poliCiEs. "wE’rE tAlking ABout ADmissions progrAms, sCholArships, Any progrAm... only For minoritiEs or in whiCh thE stAnDArDs usED to juDgE ADmissions ArE suBstAntiAlly DiFFErEnt," sAys linDAChAvEz, FounDEr AnD prEsiDEnt oF thECEntEr ForEquAl opportunity, A ConsErvAtivE non-proFit group.
othErs sAy thEy’ll tAkE thEir CAsE to votErs. "wE hAvE to sEriously ContEst All this At thE BAllot Box," sAys univErsity oFCAliForniA rEgEnt wArDConnErly, who hElpED win votEr ApprovAl oFCAliForniA’s proposition 209, whiCh prohiBits ConsiDEring rACE or gEnDEr in puBliC EDuCAtion, hiring AnD ContrACting.BECAusE oF thAt lAw, monDAy’s ruling hAD no prACtiCAl impACt in thE stAtE. "it mAy BE timE For ns to... lEt thE (miChigAn) votErs DECiDE iF thEy wAnt to usE rACE As A FACtor in ADmissions,"ConnErly sAiD、
mEAnwhilE, u.s.EDuCAtion sECrEtAry roD pAigE, ConsistEnt with prEsiDEntBush’s stAnCE opposing AFFirmAtivE ACtion, sAiD thEDEpArtmEnt oFEDuCAtion will "ContinuE ExAmining AnD highlighting EFFECtivE rACE-nEutrAl ApproAChEs to EnsurE BroAD ACCEss to AnD DivErsity within our puBliC institutions".EvEn suprEmECourt justiCE sAnDrADAy o’Connor, in onE oF thE opinions, rECommEnDED thAt stAtEs look For lEssons in rACE-nEutrAl progrAms BEing triED inCAliForniA AnD ElsEwhErE. whilE thE ruling sAiD ADmissions oFFiCiAls mAy ConsiDEr rACE in thE sElECtion proCEss, CollEgEs AnD univErsitiEs ArE not oBligAtED to Do so. "ultimAtEly in thE DEBAtE, DivErsity is A ChoiCE, not A lEgAl mAnDAtE," sAysArthurColEmAn, A FormErDEpArtmEnt oFEDuCAtion oFFiCiAl who now hElps CollEgEs AnD univErsitiEs EnsurE ConstitutionAl poliCiEs.
thE puBliC, too, rEmAins ConFliCtED, lArgEly Along rACiAl linEs.ACCorDing to A jAnuAry poll By thE nonproFit rEsEArCh orgAnizAtion puBliCAgEnDA, 79% oFAmEriCAns sAiD it is importAnt For CollEgEs to hAvE A rACiAlly DivErsE stuDEnt BoDy, whilE just 54% sAiD AFFirmAtivE ACtion progrAms shoulD ContinuE. in A gAllup poll ConDuCtED DAys BEForE thE ruling, 49% oF ADults sAiD thEy FAvor AFFirmAtivE ACtion AriD 43% DiD not, with BlACks AnD hispAniCs FAr morE likEly to FAvor thE prACtiCE thAn whitEs.AnD somE EDuCAtors DouBt thAt with monDAy’s ruling, thosE opposing AFFirmAtivE ACtion will ChAngE thEir minDs.
For now, ADmissions oFFiCiAls AnD univErsity lAwyErs ArE poring ovEr thE ruling to DEtErminE how or whEthEr to ADjust poliCiEs. whilE most tEnD to BE ClosED-mouthED ABout ADmissions poliCiEs, mAny sAy thEy Don’t ExpECt signiFiCAnt ChAngEs.
whAt is thE AttituDE oF thEDEpArtmEnt oFEDuCAtion towArDs AFFirmAtivE ACtionA．nEutrAlity.
B．oBjECtion.
C．ApprovAl.
D．inDiFFErEnCE.