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The Daily Free Press

The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

The Daily Free Press

Monet Ota / DFP Staff

EDITORIAL: Court challenge to affirmative action reignites debate over the imperfect but necessary policy

Editors January 28, 2022
If Edward Blum and his anti-affirmative action activists get their wish — and race is negated from the admissions process — universities may once again start to resemble the days of varsity jackets and old boys clubs, as representation dwindles to abysmal levels. 
The BU admissions building on Bay State Road. BU was one of the schools that received fake test scores as part of a nationwide college admissions cheating scandal disclosed last week. GABRIELA HUTCHINGS/ DFP STAFF

BU received fraudulent test scores in college admissions scandal

Camila Beiner March 21, 2019
BU is one of several schools that received fraudulent test scores as part of the college admissions cheating scandal that rocked national headlines last week.
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