Altering Public University Admission Standards to Preserve White Group Position in the United States: Results from a Laboratory Experiment

Autor/in	Samson, Frank L.
Titel	Altering Public University Admission Standards to Preserve White Group Position in the United States: Results from a Laboratory Experiment
Quelle	In: Comparative Education Review, 57 (2013) 3, S.369-396 (28 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0010-4086
DOI	10.1086/670664
Schlagwörter	College Admission; Public Colleges; College Applicants; White Students; Asian American Students; College Freshmen; Enrollment Trends; Admission Criteria; Class Rank; Standardized Tests; Scores; College Students; Racial Bias; Student Diversity; Multivariate Analysis; California + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulzugang; Hochschulzulassung; Zulassung; College applications; Studienbewerber; Asian immigrant; United States; Student; Students; Asiatischer Einwanderer; USA; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Studienanfänger; Admission; Admission procedures; Zulassungsbedingung; Zulassungsverfahren; Standadised tests; Standardisierter Test; Collegestudent; Racial discrimination; Rassismus; Multivariate Analyse; Kalifornien
Abstract	This study identifies a theoretical mechanism that could potentially affect public university admissions standards in a context of demographic change. I explore how demographic changes at a prestigious public university in the United States affect individuals' evaluations of college applications. Responding to a line graph that randomly displays a freshmen enrollment trend toward a white plurality or an Asian American plurality, white student evaluators lower their minimum class rank standard for admitting white applicants when exposed to an Asian American plurality trend. They also raise the minimum test percentile standard for admitting Asian American applicants. Notably, plurality trend does not affect Asian American student evaluators' minimum standards for recommending admission. Applications differed only by applicant race. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10