Opinion | Employers Benefitted from Affirmative Action. It's Time to Step Up.

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

63% : As a beneficiary of affirmative action myself, I spent most of my career on college campuses working to help pass forward the opportunities that I was given.
53% : And, of course, the Supreme Court's decision on affirmative action, which was handed down on Thursday, banning the use of race in college admissions.
45% : I've been traveling the country speaking to corporate executives about seismic shifts in higher education: a demographic cliff, decreased state funding, ever-rising tuition and a recent poll showing that over half of Americans don't believe college is worth the cost.
45% : Top corporate foundations, such as those overseen by Fidelity, Ford and Wells Fargo, could join Bloomberg's effort by placing more counselors in public schools or helping to scale the work of organizations like Chicago Scholars, College Track and College Horizons, which provide college advising and academic support for underserved students.
41% : So, of course, can public schools.
31% :Look at what happened when California banned affirmative action nearly 27 years ago.

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