Black College Enrollment Falls in Florida: "New figures show fewer black students are attending Florida universities, providing ammunition for critics of Gov. Jeb Bush's 5-year-old policy that excludes race in admissions decisions.

Six of the state's 11 public universities reported a drop, and the percentage of blacks in this year's freshman class is at its lowest since Bush became governor in 1999.

The decline comes despite continued growth in the overall student population at the state's public universities -- a 3.1 percent increase to nearly 282,000 students, according to figures released Friday."

(Via Salon.)