Panelists at the 4th Street Forum debated whether factors other than academics should be used in part to help determine admission to the University of Wisconsin-System.
It is not a race-based policy, UW Board of Regents member Danae Davis said. We are not admitting unqualified individuals.
She said the policy keeps academic achievements as the No. 1 factor in admissions, while standardized test scores are the second factor. The third, she said, are other experiences which include race, ethnicity, gender, age and geographic location.