ABSTRACT

With the elimination of racial preference in admissions policies in Texas, Florida, California, and Washington, and the legal challenge to the University of Michigan for its uses of racial preferences in college admissions, many other institutions are considering eliminating race-based admissions policies (Orfield & Miller, 1998; Schmidt, 1998; 1999). Some institutions are basing their admissions policies primarily on high school rank or grades, with test scores and other information as secondary sources. Other institutions have reduced the use of standardized tests, but have not eliminated them entirely. Most are maintaining their current practices, but with great concern about the future of their admissions policies, particularly if their policies consider ethnicity.