ERIC Number: ED624200
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2022-Apr
Pages: 25
Abstractor: ERIC
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Racial Preferences on Campus: Trends in Asian Enrollment at U.S. Colleges
VerBruggen, Robert
Manhattan Institute for Policy Research
The Supreme Court has agreed to weigh in on the legality of racial preferences, in part thanks to a lawsuit against Harvard College alleging that the school discriminates against Asian-Americans. Proving discrimination at a specific school is an arduous task, requiring access to private, detailed admissions records--as the legal documents in that case demonstrate. But this report takes a step back and focuses on a question that is both simpler and broader: As the Asian-American population in the U.S. has risen dramatically over the past 30 years, how has Asian enrollment fared at different types of colleges? This kind of analysis was a reason many became skeptical of elite colleges' treatment of Asians over the past decade, and now it is possible to update the numbers that have been publicized in popular magazines and publications. This report begins by showing that Asian-Americans are generally overrepresented at the highest levels of academic achievement, and that this overrepresentation has become more pronounced as the Asian share of the population has grown. Using federal data on college enrollment by race--but mindful of the limits of such data--it then sorts colleges according to their admittance rates and test scores for the purpose of tracking changes in the share of Asian students at different types of four-year colleges that grant bachelor's degrees.
Descriptors: Asian American Students, Court Litigation, Racial Discrimination, Enrollment Trends, Disproportionate Representation, Academic Achievement, Racial Differences, College Admission, Bachelors Degrees, Selective Admission, College Entrance Examinations, Mathematics Achievement, Reading Achievement, Grade 8, Grade 12, Standardized Tests, College Students, Scores, Homework, Study Habits, Grade Point Average, High School Students, Educational Attainment
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Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Elementary Education; Grade 8; Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Secondary Education; Grade 12; High Schools
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Manhattan Institute (MI)
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: SAT (College Admission Test); National Assessment of Educational Progress; National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NCES); ACT Assessment
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