While I disagree with the law as well, I can't disagree with the problem the law is trying to address. Ivy league schools actively develop alma mater networks (

While I disagree with the law as well, I can't disagree with the problem the law is trying to address. Ivy league schools actively develop alma mater networks (that's the old boy's network everyone speaks about). It's not the case that board members from the Ivies see this as a problem; this is something they actively work to foster, encourage, and support. Most would never consider affirmative outreach; they actively do the opposite. The only reason a law like this can pass is the Ivy League is now pretty evenly split on gender. It doesn't break the network. I'll mention a lot of policies are this ham-fisted as a compromise -- allow a particular demographic (women, African Americans, etc.) into seats of power, without fundamentally breaking the power dynamics. A lot of racial issues you see are due to e.g. aggressive outreach to a very small number of African American who fit a certain cultural mould, rather than a broader outreach to poor people. The Harvard crowd would never want to let poor people attend the school (unless they're e.g. poor but politically connected, or otherwise likely to end up in a seat of power).