Re:Affirmative action at US colleges has been banned
by 0xcafefood on Thursday June 29, 2023 @12:23PM
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https://thehill.com/changing-america/enrichment/education/57...
Why would White students choose to claim non-White ancestry at these levels if it's going to disadvantage them?
Re:Affirmative action at US colleges has been banned
by etchalon on Thursday June 29, 2023 @05:59PM
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Because people believe things which are untrue?
Re:Affirmative action at US colleges has been banned
by az226 on Thursday June 29, 2023 @05:11PM
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Patently false
Re:Affirmative action at US colleges has been banned
by etchalon on Thursday June 29, 2023 @05:58PM
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Not "patently false", but, complicated:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/who-benefits-from-af...
The central argument, and what Zimmerman backs with data, is that affirmative action benefited white men because it disadvantaged Asians and women, both of whom, statistically, will be more-likely to have higher academic scores.
Re:Affirmative action at US colleges has been banned
by az226 on Thursday June 29, 2023 @09:47PM
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A typical class at Harvard has 2,500 student admits. Of those, 700 are black or Hispanic. If Harvard did away with legacy admissions, 25 additional Hispanic or black applicants would be admitted, so 725. However, if they did away with affirmative action, 450 would not be admitted, so you would be down to 275. Most of these 425 spots would go to Asian applicants and a chunk would go to white applicants.
Is that true? I have heard that white males benefit most from admission rules to colleges (perhaps primarily in California?). But maybe that's "quota rules" and not affirmative action.
Regardless, it appears as though the while male is probably going to take a hit if all admissions become strictly academically based.