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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Harvard wants to increase their URM students to a point!  I agree that they are discriminating against Asians. [b] However, I would argue that Harvard will not decrease the number of whites students below 50%[/b]. If that happens wealthy/elite whites will not want to attend and it will lose its status.  I don't think that is fair, but that is the reality. [/quote]

They are already below 50%.  The last two classes have been majority-minority.  You can look this up; indeed Harvard brags about it.
You really could argue that the Asians are proportionally represented, blacks and Hispanics slightly over-represented, and whites are under-represented.  Really it's the whites who have a case here based on disparate impact.  [/quote]

OP here. Yes, I just looked it up and it is 44%.  I still stand by my overall point that their ultimate diversity goal is to keep whites as the majority of any racial group.  [/quote]

Also, Harvard doesn't see itself as a STEM only school. It is a liberal arts institution. This drives their diversity philosophy. I teach at a tier 1 university and the majority of Asian students major in STEM related fields. I assume this also happens at Harvard. Does this influence admissions for Asians as they are competing against themselves? I think more Asians students majoring in the humanities and social sciences would increase their overall percentage in schools like Harvard.[/quote]

None of the ivys are strong STEM schools.  I thought everyone knew that? [/quote]

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