Campus Reform Editor-in-Chief Zachary Marschall joined The National News Desk to discuss a controversial proposal to award funds to Illinois universities on the basis of students’ racial identities.
The Illinois bill, backed by State Senate Majority Leader Kimberly Lightford, would give universities $6,000 in extra funds for each black or American Indian student, and $4,000 for each Hispanic student.
”Colleges have a very limited view of diversity,” Marschall said. “They are happy to deny opportunities to hard-working individuals if the optics aren’t right, according to the universities’ standards.”
This article was originally published at campusreform.org
