A concerted attack upon the “quota system” and college admissions procedures which discriminate against applicants on grounds of race, religion and national origin was urged here at a conference of educators meeting under the auspices of the American Council on Education, and the Anti-Defamation League of B’nai B’rith, it was announced today.
Declaring that “the quota system cannot be justified on any grounds compatible with democratic principles,” the educators, many of them university presidents and college deans, declared themselves in favor of the following three-point program: 1. Development of a program by the colleges themselves that would eliminate such discrimination; 2. Enactment of legislative action, such as fair educational practices laws, wherever necessary; 3. Government financial aid to improve the quantity and quality of higher educational facilities so as to eliminate economic barriers facing many who seek college and professional school education.
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