Zach Bleemer
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So if you just look at black applicants to college, lower income black applicants have much lower test scores than higher income black applicants.
And so if you just target race, you tend to get middle income and at some schools higher income black and Hispanic students because the lower income black and Hispanic students have even lower test scores and providing a bump just on the basis of race won't be enough for those kids.
And so if you just target race, you tend to get middle income and at some schools higher income black and Hispanic students because the lower income black and Hispanic students have even lower test scores and providing a bump just on the basis of race won't be enough for those kids.
And so if you just target race, you tend to get middle income and at some schools higher income black and Hispanic students because the lower income black and Hispanic students have even lower test scores and providing a bump just on the basis of race won't be enough for those kids.
On the flip side, when you target just on the basis of income, you tend to get lower income white and Asian students because the lower income black and Hispanic students tend to have even lower test scores and the bump isn't sufficient for them.
On the flip side, when you target just on the basis of income, you tend to get lower income white and Asian students because the lower income black and Hispanic students tend to have even lower test scores and the bump isn't sufficient for them.
On the flip side, when you target just on the basis of income, you tend to get lower income white and Asian students because the lower income black and Hispanic students tend to have even lower test scores and the bump isn't sufficient for them.
And so you sort of end up with different groups under these two different policies, but also race-based affirmative action tends to bring in middle-income or sometimes upper-income students who need much less financial aid than the lower-income white and Asian students who tend to get pulled in by class-based affirmative action.
And so you sort of end up with different groups under these two different policies, but also race-based affirmative action tends to bring in middle-income or sometimes upper-income students who need much less financial aid than the lower-income white and Asian students who tend to get pulled in by class-based affirmative action.
And so you sort of end up with different groups under these two different policies, but also race-based affirmative action tends to bring in middle-income or sometimes upper-income students who need much less financial aid than the lower-income white and Asian students who tend to get pulled in by class-based affirmative action.
It's worth thinking a little bit about where this term is coming from. You have to already think that the appropriate way for universities to conduct admissions is by SAT scores and grades and academic preparation at both public and private universities. You have to think that we have these amazing public and private university resources in the U.S.
It's worth thinking a little bit about where this term is coming from. You have to already think that the appropriate way for universities to conduct admissions is by SAT scores and grades and academic preparation at both public and private universities. You have to think that we have these amazing public and private university resources in the U.S.
It's worth thinking a little bit about where this term is coming from. You have to already think that the appropriate way for universities to conduct admissions is by SAT scores and grades and academic preparation at both public and private universities. You have to think that we have these amazing public and private university resources in the U.S.
Like you said, they can really change kids' lives. And so which kids should we give those to? Well, one group of kids we could give them to are the kids who did really well in high school.
Like you said, they can really change kids' lives. And so which kids should we give those to? Well, one group of kids we could give them to are the kids who did really well in high school.
Like you said, they can really change kids' lives. And so which kids should we give those to? Well, one group of kids we could give them to are the kids who did really well in high school.
Something people noticed when they started implementing those policies in the 1960s is there just weren't that many black and Hispanic and lower income and otherwise disadvantaged kids who were super high performing in high school.