Also, I would look at how the test scores have faired in predicting academic accomplishment in each schools situation. I feel that race should be an issue only with those groups offering scholarships related to the particular group. However I also feel that the greater the diversity of the instiution, the greater the scope of ideas and discovery. All of the concern about racial preferences is overblown. The attacks on affirmative action and the elimination of considerations of race for admission to university is not about fairness, it is about keeping people out.
Corporations do the same thing.
The give management assessment tests that are not used to identify potential management employees, but are used to eliminate people. The most prevalent preference in this country has not been challenged with the same vehemence as affirmative action or admission policies. The good ole boy system is the only real affirmative action policy that exists in this country. Just take a look at the executive ranks in our major corporations. Now that is racial preference.