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Atlanta Forward: Education
In the courts and the public square, affirmative action is losing support.
A decision last week by the U.S. Supreme Court advances the movement to end racial preferences in college admissions. Is there an alternative that still assures systematically disadvantaged students have a chance? I consider that question today.
Readers share their views, many of them skeptical, on the newly released state school grades. And an expert in the job placement field gives encouragement to liberal arts graduates that there are jobs out there for them.
Today's columnists:
- Rerouting the race by Maureen Downey
- Liberal arts grads are not dinosaurs by Bob Labombard
- Response to recent conversation
About the Author
Maureen Downey has written editorials and opinion pieces about local, state and federal education policy since the 1990s.
