Good Intentions Are Not Enough

You've got to read this Wall Street Journal article summarizing research which concludes that affirmative action policies at top law schools have resulted in fewer black attorneys. Here is the key paragraph:

Easily the most startling conclusion of his research: Mr. Sander calculated that there are fewer black attorneys today than there would have been if law schools had practiced color-blind admissions--about 7.9% fewer by his reckoning. He identified the culprit as the practice of admitting minority students to schools for which they are inadequately prepared. In essence, they have been "matched" to the wrong school.