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Re:The most prized degree in India became the most worthless by andi999 on Tuesday May 12, 2020 @04:28PM (#23159273)
I was told (if I remember correctly) that discriminated castes get an advantage (or even a certain percentage of seats) at universities in India. I am surprised this could be considered mind blowing, isnt there also affirmative action for college admission in America?
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Re:The most prized degree in India became the most worthless by TheCoelacanth on Tuesday May 12, 2020 @07:28PM (#23161366)
Universities aren't allowed to have racial quotas in the US. They are allowed have affirmative action that is implemented in a fuzzy non-numerical way, but they can't just say "we will admit X students of Y race".
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Re:The most prized degree in India became the most worthless by toast0 on Wednesday May 13, 2020 @12:56AM (#23163607)
They aren't allowed to have racial quotas anymore, but it was commonly done before the 2003 supreme court ruling that ended the practice.
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Re:The most prized degree in India became the most worthless by TheCoelacanth on Wednesday May 13, 2020 @08:15AM (#23166054)
Racial quotas haven't been allowed since 1978[1]. The 2003 case[2] was about a points-based system, not about racial quotas.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regents_of_the_Univ._of_Cal._v...

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grutter_v._Bollinger

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