Title
A 'Dubious Expediency': How Race-Preferential Admissions Policies on Campus Hurt Minority Students
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
5-9-2022
Abstract
Mounting empirical research shows that race-preferential admissions policies are doing more harm than good. Instead of increasing the numbers of African Americans entering high-status careers, these policies reduce those numbers relative to what we would have had if colleges and universities had followed race-neutral policies. We have fewer African-American scientists, physicians, and engineers and likely fewer lawyers and college professors. If, as the evidence indicates, the effects of race-preferential admissions policies are exactly the opposite of what was originally intended, it is difficult to understand why anyone would wish to support them.
Digital USD Citation
Heriot, Gail L., "A 'Dubious Expediency': How Race-Preferential Admissions Policies on Campus Hurt Minority Students" (2022). Faculty Scholarship. 103.
https://digital.sandiego.edu/law_fac_works/103