University of Wisconsin Defends Admissions Policy That Considers Applicant’s Race (Diverse Issues in Higher Education)

Although the University of Wisconsin’s new admissions policy that considers the race of the applicant has been widely panned, a spokesman for the system said the policy is more holistic than race-based.

David F. Giroux says the new policy was no more a race-based policy than it was a veterans-based or a football player-based policy.