Re:Some Asians' college strategy: Don't check 'Asian'
by BlackJack on Saturday December 03, 2011 @06:50PM
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Ah okay, I fully agree then. One issue is that you want a "diversity of interests" on a college campus, but there is no evidence to convincingly say that schools would be more or less diverse if we admitted people in a race-blind manner.
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Re:Some Asians' college strategy: Don't check 'Asian'
by sirclueless on Sunday December 04, 2011 @02:40AM
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Diversity of interests wasn't always a priority in college admissions though. Malcolm Gladwell has a good piece on how the current Ivy League admission focus on non-academic indicators was originally a racially driven policy. One could make a good case that "diversity of interests" is a policy put in place to ensure that highly performing performing demographic can dominate admissions. I imagine colleges con't want that to happen because it would jeopardize the long-term health of their institution.
Malcolm Gladwell's article is here: http://www.gladwell.com/2005/2005_10_10_a_admissions.html