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[quote=Anonymous][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]

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

I'm sure the percentage of Asian students is much higher at MIT, Cal Tech, Carnegie Mellon etc.  This lack of STEM focus may well explain why the percent is lower at Harvard. [/quote]

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