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    Challenges→Universities defending affirmative action on educational-benefit grounds may not sincerely believe the educational-benefit rationale.

    It is implausible that the University of Michigan or the University of Texas would abandon affirmative action even if studies showed no cognitive growth from increased racial diversity.

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    Racial diversity(as used in social philosophy)
    Having people of different racial and ethnic backgrounds in the same place, like a university, which can lead to students learning from different perspectives and experiences.
    affirmative action(The policy under debate; described as involving racial non-neutrality.)
    Policies giving special advantage to certain groups, typically defined by race, with the effect of promoting social inclusion.

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    cognitive growth(as used in educational philosophy)
    Improvement in mental abilities like thinking, learning, reasoning, and problem-solving skills.
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    Now consider four points. First, the promiscuous use of “diversity” in the argument for affirmative action opens the door to waffling and equivocation. Students learn through “exposure to widely diverse people, culture, ideas, and viewpoints” announces the Fortune 100 brief. Of course. But the issue at hand is racial diversity. Wrapping the latter into the former is not an aid to precision.[26] Second, can we imagine that the University of Michigan or the University of Texas would abandon its af

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