During the last couple of decades, colleges and universities have tried to incre

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During the last couple of decades, colleges and universities have tried to increase their number of minority students by various forms of affirmative action. At Campus X, this has led to no small amount of dissension. Some students complain that the policy of accepting students with lower SAT and other scores just because of their race or minority status is unfair. Others believe that the diversity that results from such policies is good for everyone because we should learn to live together and a university campus should be a place to do this. Still, there is some question, even among members of this group, as to how well the integration is working. Furthermore, a different type of problem has recently surfaced. Because Asian Americans were represented in numbers grater than their percentage of the population, some universities were restricting the percentage of the population they would accept even when their scores were higher than others they did accept.

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Legislated quotas are discriminatory to the majority group and breed resentment Legislated quotas give a less competent legislature Persons elected through legal quotas are less respected and have no real power Legislated quotas takes the freedom of choice away from the voters Legislated quotas (especially constitutional quotas) are very difficult to pass Legislated quotas can act as an upper ceiling to minority participation rather than a lower floor Quotas are the most effective ways of achieving a more balanced representation

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