Asian Applicants Wonder about Higher Admissions Bar: Is Admissions Tougher on Asians?

Autor/in	Supiano, Beckie
Titel	Asian Applicants Wonder about Higher Admissions Bar: Is Admissions Tougher on Asians?
Quelle	In: Chronicle of Higher Education, (2012) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-5982
Schlagwörter	Selective Admission; College Admission; Asian American Students; Private Colleges; Standards; College Bound Students; Racial Differences; Admission Criteria; College Entrance Examinations + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsselektion; Hochschulzugang; Hochschulzulassung; Zulassung; Asian immigrant; United States; Student; Students; Asiatischer Einwanderer; USA; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Privathochschule; Standard; Rassenunterschied; Admission; Admission procedures; Zulassungsbedingung; Zulassungsverfahren; Aufnahmeprüfung
Abstract	College officials deny it, but many Asian-American high-school students feel they will be held to a higher standard. The idea that Asian-American applicants are held to a higher standard in college admissions has received a wave of attention lately. The U.S. Department of Education is now investigating whether Princeton University discriminates against Asian-American applicants. A recent book, "No Longer Separate, Not Yet Equal: Race and Class in Elite College Admission and Campus Life," reported the discrepancy that Asian and Asian-American applicants have a lower chance than their similarly qualified white peers of getting into selective private colleges, a "penalty" equivalent to 140 points on the 1600-point SAT, the authors said. The Associated Press has published accounts of Asian-American students who decided not to indicate their race on applications. For prospective students, all of this can add uncertainty and stress to the college-admissions process. They may imagine getting compared with--or going up against--other high-performing Asian students rather than being evaluated in a college's whole pool. For some, that might exacerbate longstanding feelings of outsized expectations. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10