Hispanics are worse off than whites under certain university admission policies

Eurekalert.org Public release date: 10-Apr-2012 Contact: Alexander Brown alexander.brown@springer.com 212-620-8063 Springer Science+Business Media Study suggests that racial quotas for college admissions remain the most efficient way to diversify campuses New York/Heidelberg, 10 April 2012 -- Changes to college admission policies in Texas have been detrimental to Hispanics, according to Dr. Angel Harris and Dr. Maria Tienda from Princeton University in the US. Their work shows that despite popular claims that the "top 10 percent law" has restored diversity to Texas' flagship universities, His-panics are more disadvantaged relative to whites under this policy. The top 10 percent law guarantees admission for students who graduate in the top 10 percent of their high school class. Their calculations also show that affirmative action or the use of racial quotas for college admissions remains the most efficient policy to diversify college campuses, even in highly segregated states like Texas. The study is published online in Springer's journal Race and Social Problems. Full Story: http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-04/ssm-haw041012.php