Southern's Chancellor Cites Diversity's Benefits

The Advocate updates a recent story that reported criticisms of increasing white population at Southern University Law Center.

Southern Law Center Chancellor Freddie Pitcher Jr. said the school's diversity -- 65 percent black, 33 percent white and 2 percent other races -- deserves credit, not criticism.

Southern does not use race as a factor when sorting through the 1,300 to 1,400 applications it receives each year to fill 150 freshman slots.

Posted by AJR at May 29, 2003 07:23 AM