The Virginia Association of Scholars and the Center for Equal Opportunity released a new study of the role of race and ethnicity in admissions at the three schools. The study — written by VAS Chairman David J. Armor and based on data obtained from the schools through freedom-of-information requests — found that race played a decisive role in the admissions process at all three schools. Preferences favoring African Americans were especially prominent at the University of Virginia and William & Mary law school, and significant though weaker at North Carolina State.

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