Demographic Dislocation

Scott Jaschik:

What if the Supreme Court had banned affirmative action? What if colleges moved away from the use of affirmative action on their own?

A new study by two Princeton University researchers uses admissions data from elite colleges to portray what would happen in such a world without affirmative action. In short, black and Latino enrollment would tank, while white enrollments would hardly be affected. The big winners would be Asian applicants, who appear to face "disaffirmative action" right now. They would pick up about four out of five spots lost by black and Latino applicants.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at April 2, 2010 1:03 AM
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