par for the course. racism. it runs in the bush family

[flordehinojos]

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-0910blackenrollment,0,1884936.story?coll=sfla-home-headlines

New figures show fewer black students are attending Florida universities than in the past seven years -- ammunition for critics of Gov Jeb Bush's 5-year-old policy excluding race in admissions decisions.

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Bush has celebrated freshmen enrollment numbers to rebuff criticism of his 5-year-old One Florida plan, which barred universities from using race in admission decisions. In place the state installed the Talented 20 program, which guarantees a spot at a state university to those in the top 20 percent of their senior classes.

Opponents argued declining black enrollment was inevitable after the change. Bush spokesman Russell Schweiss disputed Friday that One Florida had anything to do with the black enrollment decline.

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full article at link.

Bush's office issued a statement touting overall enrollment increases and climbing Hispanic enrollment. The governor also noted rising minority graduation rates.