The current controversy over Affirmative Action in the United States of America

本研究的核心问题是：为什么一些大学在废除了基于种族的平权法案后，还试图实现多样性？虽然大学中的平权行动是广泛实证研究的主题，但对多样性理论基础的研究却很少。因此，本研究考察了大学如何促进多样性的好处。第一个基本原理是“学习的好处”。第二个理由是“对企业和经济有利”。根据这一理论，将更多的少数民族纳入自由市场过程对于国家的经济竞争力和国家在全球化市场上的成功是必不可少的。这种与企业多元文化主义密切相关的多样性理论得到了许多商界领袖的支持，似乎与学术界无关。但一些大学在产学研合作下推广这一理念。

The central issue of this research is : why did some universities try to achieve diversity after they abolished race-based affirmative action? While affirmative action in universities is the subject of extensive empirical scholarship, little research has been conducted on the diversity rationale. Therefore this research examined how universities promoted the benefits of diversity. The first rationale is" benefit for leaning." The second rationale is" benefit for business and the economy." According to this theory, bringing more minorities into the free market process is indispensable to the country' s economic competitiveness, and to national success in the globalized market. This diversity rationale, which is deeply linked to corporate multiculturalism, is supported by many business leaders and seems to have nothing to do with the academic world. But some universities promoted this rationale under the industry-university cooperation.