Unofficial Religious Quotas?

raelah
Wed, 17 Feb 2010 19:14:02 +0000

The use of quotas in affirmative action is illegal. So no, they should NOT be using any type of quota system. If they are, they should take it up with the US Supreme Court (Regents of the University of California v. Bakke).

However, they can take religion (or lack thereof) into account in order to form a diverse class. There’s a big difference between using quotas and simply considering religion, race, etc.

Overall, I think religion is significantly less considered than race/gender. I have no evidence to back this up, but I just get the feeling that many colleges are more interested in racial and socio-economic diversity than they are in religious diversity. (Not that it’s not important, just less important).