POLLS:
NBC News/Wall Street Journal Poll conducted by the polling organizations of Peter Hart (D) and Robert Teeter (R). Latest: Jan. 19-21, 2003. N=500 adults nationwide.
"As you may know, the U.S. Supreme Court will be deciding whether public universities can use race as one of the factors in admissions to increase diversity in the student body. Do you favor or oppose this practice?"
"As you may know, the U.S. Supreme Court will be deciding whether public universities can use race as one of the factors in admissions to increase diversity in the student body. Do you favor or oppose this practice?"
Favor 26 %
Oppose 65 %
Not sure 9 %
Survey February 21 -27, 2002 by Harris Interactive for the journal American Demographics
(Fetto, John. "Help Unwanted." American Demographics (May 2002): 10-11.
- 77 % of whites and 64 % of Hispanics oppose the Affirmative Action because they think it dictates racial quotas,
- 80 % whites and 71 % Hispanics are against the special preference given by Affirmative Action,
- 84 % blacks think that Affirmative Action is still necessary
Oppose 65 %
Not sure 9 %
Survey February 21 -27, 2002 by Harris Interactive for the journal American Demographics
(Fetto, John. "Help Unwanted." American Demographics (May 2002): 10-11.
- 77 % of whites and 64 % of Hispanics oppose the Affirmative Action because they think it dictates racial quotas,
- 80 % whites and 71 % Hispanics are against the special preference given by Affirmative Action,
- 84 % blacks think that Affirmative Action is still necessary
STATISTICS:
Source: Source: U.S. National Center for Education Statistics, Digest of Education Statistics, annual
From the data on this table you can see that the total number of minority acheivement of every degree has increased over the years, a sure sign of the benefits of Affirmative Action
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