Race in college admissions is back in front of the Supreme Court Oral Argument on Oct. 31 (Monday)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Higher education shoud be mainly for acedemic merit and must be color blind.

Nothing in America is colorblind.

Which is the cause of many problems.

[Anonymous]

So will it help white male applicants? Especially low income? I have a horse in this race lol

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Higher education shoud be mainly for acedemic merit and must be color blind.

I suppose your definition of merit is whatever your kid does well?

Also, this whole premise is wrong. Higher education should be about education. Diversity is a part of education.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Higher education shoud be mainly for acedemic merit and must be color blind.

Actually, higher education is about far more than just academics.

That’s not an excuse to make it about race. Nice attempt.

So you would be ok attending a school with 95% Asians and Whites.

[Anonymous]

Good. Stop discrimination against Asians please.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So will it help white male applicants? Especially low income? I have a horse in this race lol

Not at most universities. It’s currently a huge advantage to be male at most schools so males may lose their preferential treatment. There are exceptions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So will it help white male applicants? Especially low income? I have a horse in this race lol

Not at most universities. It’s currently a huge advantage to be male at most schools so males may lose their preferential treatment. There are exceptions.

As an example, look at the Brown Univ cds. About 10k more female applicants but nearly equal number of admissions. I’d anticipate a school like that turning more female.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Higher education shoud be mainly for acedemic merit and must be color blind.

I suppose your definition of merit is whatever your kid does well?

Also, this whole premise is wrong. Higher education should be about education. Diversity is a part of education.

Diversity is not part of school education - it is part of education at home.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Higher education shoud be mainly for acedemic merit and must be color blind.

Actually, higher education is about far more than just academics.

That’s not an excuse to make it about race. Nice attempt.

So you would be ok attending a school with 95% Asians and Whites.

ummmm yes

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So will it help white male applicants? Especially low income? I have a horse in this race lol

Not at most universities. It’s currently a huge advantage to be male at most schools so males may lose their preferential treatment. There are exceptions.

It’s the first time I hear about the advantage of being male, unless it’s a liberal arts school

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Higher education shoud be mainly for acedemic merit and must be color blind.

I suppose your definition of merit is whatever your kid does well?

Also, this whole premise is wrong. Higher education should be about education. Diversity is a part of education.

Diversity is not part of school education - it is part of education at home.

Where did these insane ideas come from?
It absolutely is a part of higher ed. The whole point is that individual homes have limited breadth, and gathering at a higher ed institution fosters greater breadth of ideas, in part through diversity.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Higher education shoud be mainly for acedemic merit and must be color blind.

Actually, higher education is about far more than just academics.

That’s not an excuse to make it about race. Nice attempt.

So you would be ok attending a school with 95% Asians and Whites.

Depends on the ratio of these two groups but I am not dead set on having every ethnicity at my school or workplace

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Higher education shoud be mainly for acedemic merit and must be color blind.

Actually, higher education is about far more than just academics.

That’s not an excuse to make it about race. Nice attempt.

So you would be ok attending a school with 95% Asians and Whites.

Majority of schools are already 95% white and asians.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Higher education shoud be mainly for acedemic merit and must be color blind.

Actually, higher education is about far more than just academics.

If they go color-blind, they could still build diversity based on geographic location.

If they get rid of AA, will they also eliminate preferences based on legacy status?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So will it help white male applicants? Especially low income? I have a horse in this race lol

Not at most universities. It’s currently a huge advantage to be male at most schools so males may lose their preferential treatment. There are exceptions.

It’s the first time I hear about the advantage of being male, unless it’s a liberal arts school

From Georgetown’s website “The Wall Street Journal recently highlighted the shifting representation of men and women on U.S. college campuses, pointing out that men accounted for 71 percent of the overall enrollment decline across the last five years—and 78 percent of pandemic-related drop-outs. As of spring 2021, women made up 59.5 percent of all U.S. college students, a record high.” But women have been majority of college students for past forty years. One factor is the greater availability of well-paying jobs not requiring a degree that are traditionally male or currently male-dominated (including the trades). While traditionally female jobs like teaching and nursing can be lower paid but still require degrees.