Lisa Overbey

CEO critiques public colleges in Maryland

Maryland's public college and university system has come under fire for the use of race as a factor in its admissions policies. The Center for Equal Opportunity, the same conservative think tank that attacked the University for its admissions practices over the last two years, recently released another study focusing on Maryland, "Racial Preferences in Maryland Higher Education." The Center, which criticizes schools whose policies include what it calls "racial preferences," also has scrutinized the admissions policies of public schools in California and Colorado. The study shows a disparity between the average SAT scores of black and white students admitted to state schools such as the University of Maryland-College Park, St.