[ClearCase_guy]

Good stats. When will someone combine these with failure-to-complete rates for whites and blacks? My guess if that afformative action sucks up many thousands of dollars from blacks who never graduate from college. The net result is supposed to be more blacks with the educational credentials they need to succeed. But perhaps the actual result is more blacks in poverty, with crippling debts, and no credentials at all.

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[tomball]

Affirmative action = racism mandated by the federal government.

[Labyrinthos]

In their 1994 book The Bell Curve, Richard Herrnstein and Charles Murray report that in 1990, the average student admitted to Harvard scored 697 on the verbal SAT and 718 on the math SAT, as compared to 674 and 695 for legacy students admitted; these disparities are miniscule in comparison to those that exist between white and black admittees.

This statistic could prove very misleading if the average SAT scores against which the lagatees are compared includes the scores of black admitees. In other words, if you compare the average SAT scores of all white legatees who are admitted to the average SAT scores of all white non-legatees who are admitted, then I bet the differences are quite significant.