Of course, proponents of the reconstituted program had to trot out the former designation when it came time for financial appeals to alumni. Certain conventions have insured the smooth working of educational institutions since they were formulated in ancient Greece. If universities partake in the competition of the marketplace, they lose the authority of a disinterested perspective on knowledge. There are many in higher education who seem dead set on blaming all of society's ills on white males. Jews, apparently, now number prominently among those palefaced villains, and some have even gone so far as to insinuate Jewish responsibility for the slave trade.
Legal arguments can address the salient points of an issue with a persuasive economy of words.
The editors of AQ felt that an amicus curiae brief filed by the National Association of Scholars in the Gratz v. Bollinger case eloquently identifies what's illegal about the racial preferences that the University of Michigan employs in its admissions process. A Primer for Policy Makers by Sandra Stotsky.