its (positive) discrimination. dont confuse with racism which is the belief of superiority/inferiority, or at least differences, based on race. (as apposed to difference based on culture and history, though many will confuse that too).
and that is screwed up definition that leads to screwed up...
how about cultural differences. im talking a tendancy to encourage more career focused degrees rather than the creative, i.e. IT or Business instead of Media or English. simplist cross referencing statistics from one population to a sub group is bound to lead to false conclusions.