Originally Posted by Dude
True, they do take in huge amounts of public money. Whether that requires them to adopt a certain public duty is a matter for interpretation... either by the leadership of the school, or through public policy.

Actually, it is not open to interpretation. They cannot discriminate.

Here is the basis of the law.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regents_of_the_University_of_California_v._Bakke

And wrt to minorities underrepresented.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grutter_v._Bollinger

In the Ivies case, it clearly over selects.