Sunday, August 25, 2013

White People Think College Admissions Should Be Based on Test Scores, Except When They Learn Asians Score Better Than Whites

Should college admissions be based on simple quantitative metrics of academic skill such as standardized test scores and grade point averages? According to new research from Frank Samson, a sociologist at the University of Miami, white people sure think this is how admissions should work. That's what they think, that is, unless they're informed that such a system actually advantages Asian-American applicants rather than white ones:

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