Harris Angel L, Tienda Marta
Princeton University.
Race Soc Probl. 2012 Apr;4(1):57-67. doi: 10.1007/s12552-012-9065-7.
This paper examines the consequences of changes in Hispanic college enrollment after affirmative action was banned and replaced by an admission guarantee for students who graduate in the top 10% of their high school class. We use administrative data on applicants, admittees and enrollees from the two most selective public institutions and TEA data about high schools to evaluate whether and how application, admission and enrollment rates changed under the three admission regimes. Despite popular claims that the top 10% law has restored diversity to Texas's public flagships, our analyses that account for secular changes in the size of graduation cohorts show that Hispanics are more disadvantaged relative to whites under the top 10% admission regime at both UT and TAMU. Simulations of Hispanics' gains and losses at each stage of the college pipeline reveal that affirmative action is the most efficient policy to diversify college campuses, even in highly segregated states like Texas.
本文研究了平权行动被禁止后，西班牙裔大学入学人数变化所带来的影响，取而代之的是对高中班级排名前10%的毕业生的入学保证。我们使用了两所最具选择性的公立机构的申请人、录取者和入学学生的行政数据，以及关于高中的TEA数据，来评估在三种录取制度下申请率、录取率和入学率是否以及如何发生了变化。尽管普遍认为前10%法则恢复了德州公立旗舰大学的多样性，但我们考虑到毕业人数规模的长期变化的分析表明，在德州大学和德州农工大学的前10%录取制度下，西班牙裔相对于白人处于更不利的地位。对西班牙裔在大学申请流程各阶段的得失进行的模拟显示，即使在像德州这样高度隔离的州，平权行动也是使大学校园多样化的最有效政策。
