should affirmative action be race- or need-based?

According to the Social Science Research Network, basing financial aid on, “class rather than race seems attractive, because if the goal is to help the underprivileged, it is more straightforward to give preferences to the underprivileged, rather than to groups whose members are not all underprivileged.”

One area where social class does not necessarily affect a person’s education, but probably should, is in the case of affirmative action.

45%

According to a recent poll, only

of Americ-

ans support

affirmative

action today.