Affirmative Action Is Wrong. There’s a Better Way
to Make Campuses Diverse.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/30/opinion/affirmative-action-harvard-unc-supreme-court.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/30/opinion/affirmative-action-harvard-unc-supreme-court.html
Renu Mukherjee, policy analyst at the Manhattan Institute, notes:
“Racial preferences in college admissions are wrong, and not just because they make it more difficult for certain racial groups over others to gain admission. Race-conscious admissions programs are wrong also because they promote the view that certain types of diversity matter more than others, that certain stories are more worth telling than others.
This is obviously misguided. On a university campus, true diversity should encompass all aspects of a student’s personhood that could contribute to the educational environment, like whether the student is a spelling bee champion, grew up in a single-parent household, or worked in a New York pizza parlor”.
“Racial preferences in college admissions are wrong, and not just because they make it more difficult for certain racial groups over others to gain admission. Race-conscious admissions programs are wrong also because they promote the view that certain types of diversity matter more than others, that certain stories are more worth telling than others.
This is obviously misguided. On a university campus, true diversity should encompass all aspects of a student’s personhood that could contribute to the educational environment, like whether the student is a spelling bee champion, grew up in a single-parent household, or worked in a New York pizza parlor”.
Why the architecture of affirmative action was
always destined to collapse
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/11/01/supreme-court-affirmative-action-demographic-change-tensions/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/11/01/supreme-court-affirmative-action-demographic-change-tensions/
Universities want to protect the status quo, because it’s easy for them.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/10/supreme-court-harvard-affirmative-action-legacy-admissions-equity/671869/
Duke economics professor's analysis to be used in Supreme Court's affirmative action case decision
https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2022/01/harvard-unc-affirmative-action-case-race-admissions-peter-arcidiacano-david-card-expert-witness-duke-university
Related:
https://www.newsweek.com/affirmative-action-racistagainst-asians-its-time-scotus-overturn-it-opinion-1753623
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/10/supreme-court-harvard-affirmative-action-legacy-admissions-equity/671869/
https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2022/01/harvard-unc-affirmative-action-case-race-admissions-peter-arcidiacano-david-card-expert-witness-duke-university
Related:
https://www.newsweek.com/affirmative-action-racistagainst-asians-its-time-scotus-overturn-it-opinion-1753623
Elite Colleges’ Quiet Fight to Favor Alumni Children
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/13/us/legacy-admissions-colleges-universities.html
Colleges like Yale and Harvard give a boost to legacy applicants. But with affirmative action under attack, that tradition may become harder to defend.