Despite the US Supreme Court recently overturning affirmative action (AA), many scholars believe that AA bans in higher education hurt minorities’ opportunities because affirmative action actually delivered on its promises. Although the findings lack consistency, the impact of AA on the outcomes of under-represented minorities (URM) is generally either ambiguous or slightly negative. The bans exert a less negative effect on more competitive fields such as STEM. The picture is even worse when one considers that AA comes at the cost of lowering the chance of other, more capable minorities, such as Asians, and does not greatly impact the intended targets, i.e., the impoverished families among URMs.
Month: November 2023
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- Affirmative action failed: An extensive and complicated literature review November 19, 2023
- Racial/Ethnic Differences in the SAT in 2023 October 1, 2023
- Canadian Race/Ethnic Differences on the LSAT (2019-2023) September 23, 2023
- SAT/ACT Scores by Detailed Race/Ethnicity From Applicants on Common App (2021) September 6, 2023
- Spearman’s g Explains Black-White but not Sex Differences in Cognitive Abilities in the Project Talent September 1, 2023
- A remarkable similarity between IQ and SAT scores across ethnic groups August 6, 2023
- The SAT and Racial/Ethnic Differences in Cognitive Ability July 26, 2023
- Math abilities of transracial adoptees in the HSLS: Parent education does not moderate group differences July 5, 2023
- IQ scores by ethnic group in a nationally-representative sample of 10-year old American children May 27, 2023
- The Untold Group Interaction in the Black-White IQ Gap April 28, 2023
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