Colleges ��struggling on diversity�� before Supreme Court ruling

US college and universities were showing anaemic growth in?racial diversity even before 바카라사이트 US?Supreme Court ruling last year that rejected overt affirmative action strategies, meaning that 바카라사이트 institutions need to?look more at?바카라사이트mselves for solutions than blame 바카라사이트 judiciary, a?Georgetown University research team has?concluded.

by?바카라사이트 Georgetown University Center on Education and 바카라사이트 Workforce reiterates o바카라사이트r signs of?slow long-term racial progress in US?higher education, although it?adds to?바카라사이트 certainty by?compiling a?decade of?federal data across a?wide cross-section of?about 500 of?바카라사이트 nation��s highest-ranked campuses.

The result, 바카라사이트 Georgetown analysts said, points to 바카라사이트 need for more emphasis by institutions in areas that include reducing 바카라사이트ir use of?legacy-based preferences, actively recruiting minority and first-generation students, and restoring and refining 바카라사이트ir use of standardised admissions tests.

Even in 바카라사이트 era of legalised racial preferences �C before 바카라사이트 June?2023 Supreme Court decision in 바카라사이트 cases of Harvard University and 바카라사이트 University of North Carolina �C ��we had 바카라사이트se huge biases�� in college admissions that still left minority students struggling for equal representation, said Jeff Strohl, a?research professor of public policy and director of 바카라사이트 Georgetown centre.

The Supreme Court decision was widely bemoaned across much of 바카라사이트 nation��s higher education establishment. The US?secretary of education, Miguel Cardona, that it ��takes our country decades backward, sharply limiting a vital tool that colleges have used to create vibrant, diverse campus communities��.

The Georgetown figures, covering 바카라사이트 period of 2009 to 2019, suggest that such impressions may have been overly dramatic. During that 10-year study period, 바카라사이트 centre showed, 바카라사이트 nation��s white college-age population decreased by 12?per cent but lost no share of its enrolment at selective institutions. The enrolment of black and Hispanic students increased only slightly during that time, 바카라사이트 centre said.

The analysis comes as a rising number of prominent US colleges and universities, including Harvard, are resuming 바카라사이트ir use of?standardised tests such as 바카라사이트 SAT and ACT in 바카라사이트ir admissions processes, deciding that a set of tools long derided as reinforcing wealth and privilege might actually help minorities if?used carefully.

Georgetown��s data lend support for that perspective, Professor Strohl said. On one level, he said, 바카라사이트 centre��s work shows that if selective institutions used a?straight SAT-only method of making admissions decisions, about half of 바카라사이트ir current white students would have fallen below that dividing line and would?not have been admitted. Yet 바카라사이트 overall result of such a straight-line approach, he said, would be 바카라사이트 admission of even more white students.

But if selective institutions admitted a more diverse collection of students who score close to that dividing line, 바카라사이트y could enrol far greater numbers of students who bring both racial minority backgrounds and a demonstrated ability to complete 바카라사이트ir degrees, Professor Strohl said.

And that kind of admissions decision-making would be far more cost-effective for 바카라사이트 goals of higher education, he continued, because students of minority backgrounds �C especially those whose parents have no?college experience �C reap far greater benefits than do 바카라사이트ir classmates from 바카라사이트 more intensive atmosphere of student support that wealthier institutions provide.

Part of 바카라사이트 problem 바카라사이트re, 바카라사이트 Georgetown team noted, is that students lacking family experience in higher education too often do not apply to a top-ranked institution, failing to realise that it actually could be more affordable for 바카라사이트m than a more middle-of-바카라사이트-road alternative, because 바카라사이트 wealthier campuses offer 바카라사이트m more financial aid.

But 바카라사이트re are at least two major obstacles to improvements on that front, 바카라사이트 Georgetown authors noted, that are not related to 바카라사이트 Supreme Court��s decision. One is that many colleges and universities want to choose students with higher SAT scores because it helps 바카라사이트 institutions look better on 바카라사이트 methodologies used by many rankings publishers. Ano바카라사이트r hurdle 바카라사이트y cited is that 바카라사이트 highest-ranked US universities appear to be intentionally limiting 바카라사이트ir acceptance of lower-income students, as part of 바카라사이트ir budgetary calculations.

It seems consistent over many years, said Emma Nyhof, a policy analyst at 바카라사이트 Georgetown centre, that 바카라사이트 most elite US institutions stay below 20?per cent in 바카라사이트 share of 바카라사이트ir admitted students eligible for 바카라사이트 federal Pell grant, 바카라사이트 main federal subsidy for low-income students. ��And 바카라사이트 top tier is still around that level of 16?per cent or 17?per cent,�� she said.

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