A whopping 68% of US adults do not think colleges should be allowed to use race as an admissions factor: Poll

A recent Grinnell College National Poll found that 68% of U.S. adults do not believe that colleges should be able to consider an individual's race as a factor when making admissions decisions, while just 27% think institutions of higher learning should be permitted to consider race.

"In order to expand access to college for racial minorities, do you think a college or university should or should not be allowed to take a person’s race into account when deciding whether to admit that person as a student?" the poll asked.

A majority of...