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Published on
May 17, 2001
Last updated
May 27, 2015

California ditches affirmative action ban
The University of California has dropped a six-year ban on the use of affirmative action in its admission procedures. The move is essentially symbolic. State law prohibits race and gender as factors in making admissions and other decisions.   

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