OMAS: Private equity firm
calls classes illegal, wrong
five minutes to do the preauthoriza
tion and register for them,” Liu said.
This spring term, all of the classes
had open spaces but no students
showed up at the OMAS on the first
day of classes to meet with her and
enroll, Liu said.
University Senior Instructor Michel
Kovcholovsky, who teaches the
OMAS’s math classes, said the class
es were created to foster a comfort
able environment for minorities.
“That was the basic idea, so that they
don’t feel afraid to raise their hand
and ask something.”
He said he understands that some
students get angry over the class en
rollment policy, which he has no con
trol over. “Is it unfair? That, I’d rather
not even go there. I understand the
reason why it exists.”
He said students enjoy interacting
with him one-on-one. The course
material he teaches is exactly the
same. “To lower the standards for
people of color would be racism,”
Kovcholovsky said.
Liu said all students still have to
meet basic academic requirements
necessary to get into the OMAS
classes and that sometimes people
misunderstand and think the class
es are remedial.
“Sometimes we get the athletic de
partment wanting to send us stu
dents who don’t necessarily have the
(academic) requirements ... and they
believe these classes are remedial
and we have to tell them it’s not. If
anything, it’s harder,” Liu said. .
Senior psychology major Kady
Ann Davy, who identifies as Ja
maican American, said she took an
OMAS Writing 122 class her sopho
more year, and she liked the class be
cause it covered diverse cultures and
provided time to free-write about her
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fair because coming from a smaller
high school, she liked the opportuni
ty to study in a smaller class and that
the remaining slots still give every
body a chance to enroll.
“Knowing that it’s open to every
body the first day, first come, first
served, if there’s any slot openings, I
feel that still gives the opportunity for
the other population of students to
come and sign up for the class,”
Davy said.
Other departments also have class
es specifically designated for specific
student populations.
The American English Institute has
a Writing 121E class each term for
students who speak English as a sec
ond language. The instructor is more
sensitive to the grammatical needs of
those students. Academic Learning
Services also has a program, funded
by a federal grant, that students can
apply for if they are low income, first
generation college students or have
documented disabilities. Students in
that program have first priority on a
Math 111 class taught by AL.S Math
Specialist Doug Hintz. The federal
grant requires students who have a
greater need of the class to get priori
ty, Hintz said.
Blum said these classes aren’t ille
gal because neither uses race as a de
terminant for enrollment.
Roger Clegg, general counsel for the
Center for Equal Opportunity, said in
the Regents of the University of Califor
nia v. Bakke decision, the Supreme
Court “made it clear setting aside slots
on the basis of race is illegal. ”
“The legality aside, it’s just wrong,”
Clegg said. “It’s divisive to tell students
you’re not going to be considered be
cause of your skin color ... I hope that
the University will look at the law and
will reconsider the policy.”
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