"From how it’s discussed, you would think “Affirmative Action” affects a wide swathe of the black and Hispanic public. But you’d be wrong.
By Princeton sociologist Thomas Espenshade’s estimate, in any given year, only 1 percent of black and Hispanic 18-year olds get into a college as a result of racial preferences. The other 99 percent either don’t go to college at all or don’t go to colleges selective enough to “need” racial preferences."
Some people have no clue about facts such as these. Even I didn't know it was *this* pronounced.
Thanks for your response. I have wondered how Harvard & UNC were lumped together as "elite" schools (not that UNC isn't a great school). What are the numbers if you take the "Ivies", the southern "Ivies", the western "Ivies"? Are there more "elite" state unies (UCal, UMass, UConn, etc.) or regional/city universities? What are the HBCU elite schools? Do they use race (white, Asian, Pac. Island, Native Amer., non-ADOS) in their admissions? Quotas? Would a person graduating top 30% at an HBCU have a more difficult time networking, getting a good position vs a bottom 30% at an "elite" school? Appreciate any thoughts.
A barrage of great questions. But unfortunately, I saw only one that I can even kinda-sorta answer:
Spelman is definitely considered an elite HBCU.
Also, there is at least one HBCU--and for those who don't know, "HBCU" stands for HISTORICALLY Black Colleges & Universities--that isn't majority African-American. With that being the case, it's a little difficult to imagine a true race quota system actively in place in HBCU's across the board.
But who knows? Like many college admissions policies, the full story and details seem shrouded in secrecy.
I think this Colemen Hughes article is appropriate. I especially liked #7.
https://colemanhughes.substack.com/p/10-notes-on-the-end-of-affirmative
That was an excellent essay.
"From how it’s discussed, you would think “Affirmative Action” affects a wide swathe of the black and Hispanic public. But you’d be wrong.
By Princeton sociologist Thomas Espenshade’s estimate, in any given year, only 1 percent of black and Hispanic 18-year olds get into a college as a result of racial preferences. The other 99 percent either don’t go to college at all or don’t go to colleges selective enough to “need” racial preferences."
Some people have no clue about facts such as these. Even I didn't know it was *this* pronounced.
Thanks for your response. I have wondered how Harvard & UNC were lumped together as "elite" schools (not that UNC isn't a great school). What are the numbers if you take the "Ivies", the southern "Ivies", the western "Ivies"? Are there more "elite" state unies (UCal, UMass, UConn, etc.) or regional/city universities? What are the HBCU elite schools? Do they use race (white, Asian, Pac. Island, Native Amer., non-ADOS) in their admissions? Quotas? Would a person graduating top 30% at an HBCU have a more difficult time networking, getting a good position vs a bottom 30% at an "elite" school? Appreciate any thoughts.
A barrage of great questions. But unfortunately, I saw only one that I can even kinda-sorta answer:
Spelman is definitely considered an elite HBCU.
Also, there is at least one HBCU--and for those who don't know, "HBCU" stands for HISTORICALLY Black Colleges & Universities--that isn't majority African-American. With that being the case, it's a little difficult to imagine a true race quota system actively in place in HBCU's across the board.
But who knows? Like many college admissions policies, the full story and details seem shrouded in secrecy.
Would be nice if someone familiar with HBCU’s admissions could respond. In the same vein, does or did Brandeis U admissions favor Jews?