0ur schools are ranked at or near the top nationally, Our clinics and hospitals are recognized as paragons of patient care. And our research programs are among the most innovative and productive in the world. After hovering at ten percent for a century, the number for female dental students has gone up to 50 percent in a decade. The school of pharmacy's Dean's office staff is 70 percent non-white. To those who follow the real teachings of Dr. King, excellence through diversity is no surprise.
Diversity is at the heart of academic excellence.
Our students need to be prepared to function in an increasinsly multicultural. Affirmative action, we all recognize, is about access for women and people of color. But affirmative action is not a gift. White men benefit from affirmative action. They are the highest they have ever been.