Examines reasons given for affirmative action quotas for minorities and asserts that such justifications as reparation and mitigation of poverty do not apply to women as a group. Thus argues that women should be treated fairly as individuals but that quotas make no sense. (GC)

The author of "Choosing a College" (Harper & Row, 1989) discusses the difference between teachers and researchers, matching schools with students, and the failure of reforms to improve the quality of teaching in institutions of higher learning. Attributes the recent renewal of overt campus racism to misguided preferential quota programs. (FMW)

Response to "Affirmative Action Stalemate," by Nathan Glazer ("Public Interest," Winter 1988). Discusses why certain minority groups benefit from affirmative action, and why big business supports the program. (FMW)

Examines the negative effects of the affirmative action admissions program at the University of California Berkeley, and briefly discusses the qualifications of minority college bound students and minority recruitment in general. (FMW)