UM says 'natural experiment' in race-blind admissions hasn't worked

Oct 31, 2022 View Original Article
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"The plaintiff in the cases before the Supreme Court, an organization called Students for Fair Admissions, argued in a brief filed over the summer that baing affirmative action nationwide would help diversity at schools like the University of Michigan because they could better compete with universities who currently use race."
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"The ban on affirmative action not only reduced the number of Black and Latino students in University of California schools, which are more selective than those in the California State University system, but also reduced their odds of ever graduating from college and their earnings, as well."
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"Other states that have baed affirmative action, such as Oklahoma, have argued in an amicus brief that such bans haven't hurt diversity at their public universities."
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"He pointed to research by a professor at California State University, Chico that shows the number of minority students earning degrees from California's public universities actually rose after the state baed affirmative action in 1996."
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : The plaintiff in the cases before the Supreme Court, an organization called Students for Fair Admissions, argued in a brief filed over the summer that banning affirmative action nationwide would help diversity at schools like the University of Michigan "because they could better compete with universities who currently use race."
47% : The ban on affirmative action not only reduced the number of Black and Latino students in University of California schools, which are more selective than those in the California State University system, but also reduced their odds of ever graduating from college and their earnings, as well.
38% :Other states that have banned affirmative action, such as Oklahoma, have argued in an amicus brief that such bans haven't hurt diversity at their public universities.
33% : He pointed to research by a professor at California State University, Chico that shows the number of minority students earning degrees from California's public universities actually rose after the state banned affirmative action in 1996.

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