Newspaper Assignment Affirmative action laws policies and guidelines are intended to give ethnic or racial minorities opportunities and advantages both to remedy past discrimination and to increase diversity within programs and institutions Such affirmative action policies have been implemented in order to regulate admissions processes for schools and other educational establishments among other areas Some people argue that affirmative action policies lead to a greater diversity on campus and help open the door to underprivileged minority students who might not otherwise have the opportunity to receive a quality education
