Word: orfield
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...forum's panelists were Harvard Professor of Law Lani Guinier '71; Professor of Education and Social Policy Gary A. Orfield; Wayne Camara, a representative of The College Board, the company that administers the SAT; and Michael Chandler, the program's producer...
...Orfield, who spoke first after the film, said that the problem of below-average SAT scores among some minorities highlights a need to improve school systems where some minorities do not receive the same quality of education as students from wealthier districts...
...Orfield contends that affirmative action in admissions is necessary in order to make up for past discrimination and to ensure an educated population...
...still have a very unequal playing field out there, and in some ways it's becoming more unequal," Orfield said...
...survey results indicate that Orfield is not the only person who holds that belief. 80 percent of the survey's respondents support maintaining or strengthening existing minority admissions policies...