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ERIC Number: EJ504381
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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ISSN: ISSN-1077-3711
Alumni Children Admissions Preferences at Risk: The Irony of How the Academic Achievements of Asians May Rescue Affirmative Action for Blacks.
Cross, Theodore; Slater, Robert Bruce
Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, n6 p87-90 Win 1994-95
Discusses the increasing presence of Asians in higher education, their domination of the very top of Scholastic Aptitude Test ranks, and why these circumstances may cause racial conservatives to rethink advocating race-blind college admissions. Asian dominance in admissions at the most prestigious universities in the United States and how some universities are responding are examined. (GR)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Admission Criteria, Affirmative Action, Asian Americans, Blacks, College Admission, Higher Education, Postsecondary Education, Selective Admission
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Ivy League Colleges; Scholastic Aptitude Test