Justice Dept. To Take on Affirmative Action in College Admissions

Re:Justice Dept. To Take on Affirmative Action in College Ad... by provost on Wednesday August 02, 2017 @05:36AM (#14909188)

Assuming that a merit-based system is appropriate for admissions, can we remove race & name (so race can't be derived) from the admission forms?

Then have a third party verify the student's ranking at how the student performed via local peer group (could be a derivative of their neighborhood, school, county, state, etc).

The local peer group rank calculation could influence the decision without revealing any advantage/disadvantage (perhaps a statistician could discuss the mechanics of how to make this most appropriate)

Example admission summary: Candidate XYZ graduated top 12% from their school, top 10% from their county, and top 24% from their state. Candidate played no sports, but participated in two academic societies, and accumulated 200 hours of volunteer service. The candidate was employed for 3 years before applying for university.

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Re:Justice Dept. To Take on Affirmative Action in College Ad... by troupe on Thursday August 03, 2017 @01:15PM (#14921504)

Sounds like a good way to make sure that admission decisions are not being made based on race. Sadly there are a lot of people who are explicitly trying to make sure that admission IS based on race.

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