The Promise and Peril for Universities Using Correlates of Race in Admissions in Response to the Grutter and Fisher Decisions SAT ACT
- Author(s):
- Long, Mark
- Publication Year:
- 2017
- Report Number:
- RR-17-40
- Source:
- Orfield, Gary (ed.) Alternative Paths to Diversity: Exploring and Implementing Effective College Admissions Policies (RR-17-40). Princeton, NJ: Educational Testing Service, 2017, p49-59.
- Document Type:
- Chapter
- Page Count:
- 11
- Subject/Key Words:
- Student Diversity, Affirmative Action, College Admissions, Fisher Decision, Higher Education, University of California, Race, Ethnicity, Grutter Decision, University of Texas, National Education Longitudinal Study, SAT, Admissions Decisions
Abstract
This paper examines using correlated indicators for a student’s race, rather than using the student’s actual race, in admission decisions for universities. The goal is to determine whether this method will permit universities to broaden admissions criteria to promote diversity without using race or ethnicity. Also addressed in this paper is whether the use of correlates of race is workable and race neutral from a legal, political, and university perspective.