Analysis on Race-Based Affirmative Action in College Admission

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.220504.157How to use a DOI?

Keywords

college admission; Harvard; SES-based affirmative acticion; racial diversity

Abstract

In light of the case Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard, race-based affirmative action in college admission is under spotlight for more controversies. In order to fully understand the role of race-based affirmative action in US higher education, a detailed analysis is needed. Through literature review, this paper offers extensive analysis on the role of affirmative action in higher education, and on how race-conscious admissions were casted doubts as a band-aid solution and reverse discrimination, along with studies that focus on college admissions without affirmative action and simulations of a SES-based affirmative action in substituting race-based affirmative action. Upon conclusion, this research paper offers advice for future research, specially to rationally approach the role of affirmative action and incorporating voices from different groups of students, as well as incorporating considerations of shifting focus from promoting racial diversity to socio-economic diversity when assessing the long-term impacts of different alternatives for race-based affirmative action.

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© 2022 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC 4.0 license.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Zhixin Tan
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/06/01
TI  - Analysis on Race-Based Affirmative Action in College Admission
BT  - Proceedings of the 2022 8th International Conference on Humanities and Social Science Research (ICHSSR 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 856
EP  - 861
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.220504.157
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.220504.157
ID  - Tan2022
ER  -