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MSU’s struggle with retention, affirmative action ban

One way universities have tried to help the underprivileged is through what is commonly called affirmative action, which in higher education means allowing an applicant’s race or ethnicity to be taken into account during the admissions process to offset structural disadvantages that might come from attendance at lower-performing high schools.

SPORTS

Dantonio to speak at Big Ten Media Days opening

The Big Ten Football Media Days will be hosted at the Hyatt Regency McCormick Place and McCormick Place Convention Center in Chicago, on Thursday and Friday, July 30 and 31, according to a Spartan Athletics press release. The media days will include a Big Ten Kickoff Luncheon at the convention center on Friday, which is open to the public with limited seats still available for purchase, according to the release.