> their positions on affirmative action would be more dynamic than is commonly accepted
People are already trying to get affirmative action programs dismantled. Making them more complicated would lead to larger surface area, and be easier to attack.
> I don't believe the article is mere mudslinging.
The entire argument of the article is that they don't measure diversity the same way he wants them to measure diversity, and therefore they don't care about it. It never considers that schools consider it differently, or whether his method is consistent, or whether what he proposes has been considered and dismissed.
People are already trying to get affirmative action programs dismantled. Making them more complicated would lead to larger surface area, and be easier to attack.
> I don't believe the article is mere mudslinging.
The entire argument of the article is that they don't measure diversity the same way he wants them to measure diversity, and therefore they don't care about it. It never considers that schools consider it differently, or whether his method is consistent, or whether what he proposes has been considered and dismissed.