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> Nine US states - including California, Florida, Georgia and Michigan - currently prohibit the use of race as a factor in admissions for public universities S
by ck2 4y ago
> Nine US states - including California, Florida, Georgia and Michigan - currently prohibit the use of race as a factor in admissions for public universities
Sounds like instead of doing polls on opinions and "gut think" that there are already large real-world examples that can be examined precisely to see what that policy does or doesn't accomplish.
- adastra22 4y agoAt least in California, I don’t think there has been enough time to really know. It was a recent change iirc.
- hot_gril 4y agoIt was 1996, pretty long ago. Looking at a UC vs a private uni, the most obvious difference is how UCs tend to have majority Asian students. UC Berkeley chancellor publicly denounced the ban when it was upheld a couple of years ago. Then Cal removed SAT/ACT as an admission requirement. Next admission cycle, she sent out an email to all students and alumni (me) cheering that the school is now more diverse. The percentages of White, Black, Hispanic, etc students in the incoming class all increased. Percentage of Asian students sharply decreased. If you ranked the deltas, it was similar to the ranks of average SAT scores for each group (Asian students have the highest SAT scores, etc). I guess the most diverse class would be achieved using a pure lottery system.