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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think diversity in education settings is vital, especially when huge segments of the population are living in segregated areas. Many students are being raised in communities where everyone looks just like them, worships just like them, has roughly the same family net worth as them, votes like them, speaks the same language as them, and it absolutely stunts their growth as a citizen of this country and of the world. College is the first time most people can break away from that, so it is vital the college is as diverse as possible.[/quote]

The question is not diversity per see. There question is does diversity trump everything else even if it hurts an entire section of the population. Harvard is arguing Yes. I suspect they will eventually lose that argument. You cannot discriminate in the name of diversity. You can of course try and get a diverse class but you cannot start deliberately rejecting men so that your engineering class becomes 50% women. The incoming  applicant pool determines how diverse you can get. You cannot use diversity as an excuse to get poorly prepared women into your engineering class in the name of diversity. That would be clear discrimination against male applicants. Same applies for race[/quote]

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