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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Has anyone explained why a public university is allowed to have a different admission standard for one single city and not any other jurisdiction in the state?[/quote]

Why on earth wouldn’t it “be allowed”?

Anyone can move to ACPS if they feel like the admissions process is too difficult for them. 
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GMU serves the whole state, not ACPS. [/quote]

[b]OK. And... Why on earth wouldn't it "be allowed"? 
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DP but I suspect the pilot program won't withstand a court challenge.  why should only one county in an entire state get a priviletged program?  Why am I, a Fairfax county taxpayer paying for a program for ACPS students - which effectively takes spots away from my own children?  I'm really surprised this one got by the lawyers on GMU's board. Doesn't this violate equal protection laws?[/quote]

^^ I believe this program was designed with an eye towards avoiding the race ban of the SCOTUS opinion.  GMU wants more underrepresented and first-generation students (which is a little odd inasmuch as GMU is already the most diverse institution in the state) so their board looks for a county with a high number of black and Hispanic students (for Arlington its 25.1% black and 43.8% Hispanic) and decides to try this program there.  Why couldn't they have done a state-wide program (like Texas) - anyone who lands in the top 10% of their class can go to GMU, etc.  Because that won't bring in the URM and first generation students GMU wants, ergo it looks to "try out" this program in a county with a high number of URM and first gens.  BUT WITHOUT EVER SAYING RACE!  See?

In contrast, Fairfax County (in WHICH GMU SITS) is only 10% black and 27% hispanic.  So, in lawyer's terms, GMU is engagine in forum shopping to get the URM/low income/first gen students it wants without saying one "race".  No, it won't pass a court challenge because it's inherently unfair and a public university should not be engaging in social engineering that actively takes seats away from other PUBLIC students who might want to attend GMU[/quote]

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