Arizona Bans Affirmative Action

Inside Higher Ed:  “Arizona voters on Tuesday approved Proposition 107 to ban the consideration of race, ethnicity or gender by units of state government, including public colleges and universities. . . . California, Michigan, Nebraska and Washington State have already imposed such bans. Only one state — Colorado — has rejected in a statewide vote a proposed ban on the consideration of race and ethnicity.  In states such as California and Michigan, the bans led to sharp drops in the admission and enrollment of black and Latino students at flagship universities”