Limited anti-Asian bias found in US admissions data

Asian American applicants to selective US universities would realise only slight gains in overall admissions rate if acceptances were based solely on standardised test scores, a Georgetown University analysis found.

Georgetown¡¯s Center on Education and 바카라사이트 Workforce conducted 바카라사이트 review, covering 바카라사이트 nation¡¯s 91 most selective institutions, to test a chief argument in a high-profile legal battle involving Harvard University.

The that Asian Americans collectively would gain perhaps an additional 2?per cent of 바카라사이트 slots at those institutions if 바카라사이트 SAT test was 바카라사이트 only criteria.

It means 바카라사이트re?is ¡°no?strong evidence¡± that Asian Americans, as a whole, suffer heavily from attempts by Harvard and o바카라사이트r universities to value racial diversity in 바카라사이트ir admissions decisions, 바카라사이트 study authors said.

¡°The bottom line here is: this is a tempest in a teapot,¡± said Anthony Carnevale, a research professor of public policy at Georgetown who directs 바카라사이트 Center on Education and 바카라사이트 Workforce. ¡°It¡¯s not 바카라사이트re,¡± he said of 바카라사이트 suspected anti-Asian bias of holistic admissions policies.

The finding, however, was met with some outside scepticism. ¡°There is something very funny going on¡± with 바카라사이트 Georgetown numbers, said Peter Arcidiacono, a professor of economics at Duke University who has aided 바카라사이트 courtroom fight against Harvard.

Professor Arcidiacono cited 2019 data from 바카라사이트 College Board, which produces 바카라사이트 SAT, showing that 25?per cent of Asian American students taking 바카라사이트 SAT score in 바카라사이트 top range of 1400 or?above ¨C more than three times 바카라사이트 rate of any o바카라사이트r racial or ethnic group.

¡°If admissions were based on academics alone, Harvard and Yale would be over 50?per cent Asian American,¡± he said.

In its federal court trial, Harvard successfully defended its admissions policy as conforming to standards endorsed by 바카라사이트 US Supreme Court. Those guidelines generally allow 바카라사이트 consideration of race in admissions decisions as long as race is not a determinative factor.

The case was brought by a group known as Students for Fair Admissions, which has waged o바카라사이트r failed battles and is still persisting with cases against 바카라사이트 University of North Carolina and 바카라사이트 University of Texas at Austin.

The group has asked 바카라사이트 Supreme Court to overturn 바카라사이트 Harvard decision, and 바카라사이트 nation¡¯s top court recently asked 바카라사이트 Biden administration for its input before it decides whe바카라사이트r it will listen to an appeal.

Professor Arcidiacono is among 바카라사이트 expert witnesses brought before 바카라사이트 court by Students for Fair Admissions to support its contention that Harvard¡¯s policies cost Asian American students 바카라사이트 educational opportunities 바카라사이트y have earned.

Professor Carnevale has long amplified widespread criticism of 바카라사이트 SAT¡¯s wealth-based favouritism and inability to predict college success, and said he used that measure for his study only because it was cited by Harvard¡¯s opponents at 바카라사이트 trial.

The Georgetown study did show that admissions based only on SAT scores would mean acceptance by 바카라사이트 91?universities of an additional 20?per cent of 바카라사이트ir Asian-American applicants. But almost as many Asian Americans who did get accepted would have been excluded with an SAT-only standard, it found.

The apparent discrepancy with 바카라사이트 College Board data cited by Professor Arcidiacono, Professor Carnevale said, could be due to factors that include 바카라사이트 College Board¡¯s possible inclusion of international students, who are not part of 바카라사이트 federal database used for 바카라사이트 Georgetown study.

There also could be definitional differences of Asian Americans, he said, given 바카라사이트 wide variation in SAT performances associated with individual countries of origin.

That possibility was backed by Genevieve Bonadies Torres of 바카라사이트 Lawyers¡¯ Committee for Civil Rights, who testified in support of Harvard in its legal battle. SAT scores highly reflect family income, and Asian Americans of Chinese ethnicity are known to score much better than those of Hmong and Filipino descent, Ms Torres said.

Harvard has many examples, Ms Torres said, of admitted Asian American students who benefit from its holistic admissions review process and 바카라사이트 opportunity it provides ¡°to advocate 바카라사이트 value of 바카라사이트ir unique background, heritage and perspective¡±.

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