Think tank alleges racial discrimination in University of
Oklahoma admissions  By Silas Allen Published: October 23, 2012
A conservative think tank released a report Monday claiming the
University of Oklahoma gives black and American Indian students
an unfair advantage in admissions.  But university officials
dispute that claim, saying their admissions policy encourages
campus diversity without using racial preferences.  Center for
Equal Opportunity, a Virginia-based think tank, based its report
on admissions data from OU's undergraduate programs, law school
and medical school.  The study used data from students admitted
to the law school in 2005 and 2006, the medical school in 1996
and 1999 and undergraduates admitted from 2005 to 2007. The
organization wouldn't provide the data on which the analysis was
based.  According to the report, black OU students were admitted
with a lower median ACT score and high school grade-point
average than their Asian, Hispanic and white counterparts.
American Indian students