James KellyStudentsWho benefits from affirmative action? – Whites are key beneficiaries of special admission standards at Washington StateIn the midst of all the current breast-beating about affirmative action, the Washington State Commission on African-American Affairs has found that data — provided by four-year institutions and compiled by the Washington State Office of Financial Management show that whites are the key beneficiaries of “special/alternative admission standards” and affirmative action affecting hiring at Washington States’s four-year schools. The beneficiaries include significant numbers of white men as well as white women.June 17, 2007Page 1 of 1