Eiminating Racial Preferences in College Admissions

IF 0.4 Q4 ECONOMICS

Economists Voice Pub Date : 2012-01-01 DOI:10.1515/1553-3832.1908

Dennis L. Weisman, G. Robinson

引用次数: 2

Abstract

Critics of affirmative action policies contend that the elimination of racial preferences in college admissions would lead to a “more-able” student body. In a system in which other non-meritocratic elements other than race play an important role there is no reason to think that the slot filled by the race-preferred candidate will be filled by another candidate of higher “quality.”

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消除大学录取中的种族偏好

对平权行动政策持批评态度的人认为，取消大学录取中的种族偏好，将导致一个“更有能力”的学生群体。在一个非精英因素而非种族因素发挥重要作用的体系中，没有理由认为由种族优先候选人填补的空缺将由另一位“质量”更高的候选人填补。

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