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My theory is that affirmative action gives colleges an excuse to bump up rich, "underprivileged" minorities over poor, "privileged" races so they don't have to
by FT_intern 10y ago
My theory is that affirmative action gives colleges an excuse to bump up rich, "underprivileged" minorities over poor, "privileged" races so they don't have to give as much financial aid
- Apocryphon 10y agoThat's certainly a valid suspicion, given the mercenary nature of university management these days, but is it actually borne by facts?
- existencebox 10y agoThis question nerd sniped me quite hard, and I'm unfortunately having trouble answering it. I figured a first step would be to look at aid as a portion of cost of attendance over time, tracked against affirmative action endeavors. The problem I'm having is finding consistent measures of both aid and COA, let alone over time. If anyone knows a data source that proffers this I'd be quite curious.
- dominotw 10y agohttp://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2013/10/immorality-college-admissions-2013102945841711416.html http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2013/10/immorality-... From the article I posted above has some details but not the precise metrics you requested. I'd be interested in those too.
- rokosbasilisk 10y agoAbsolutely, its not just financial aid but also how much donations you can pull from alumni and their families.