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Alon, Sigal; Tienda, Marta – American Sociological Review, 2007
This article uses four data sets to assess changes in the relative weights of test- and performance-based merit criteria on college enrollment during the 1980s and 1990s and considers their significance for affirmative action. Our results support the "shifting meritocracy" hypothesis, revealed by selective postsecondary institutions'…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Diversity (Institutional), Affirmative Action, Weighted Scores