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

这项研究的中心问题是：为什么一些大学在废除了基于种族的平权行动之后还试图实现多样性？虽然大学中的扶持行动是大量实证研究的主题，但很少对多样性的理由进行研究。因此，本研究探讨了大学如何促进多样性的好处。第一个理由是”学习的好处。第二个理由是”有利于商业和经济“。“根据这一理论，让更多的少数民族进入自由市场进程，对国家的经济竞争力和国家在全球化市场中的成功是必不可少的。这种与企业多元文化主义有着深刻联系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。但有些大学在产学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.