Race and College Admissions: An Alternative to Affirmative Action?

By M. Long. Review of Economics and Statistics, 2004

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Using Brazil’s Racial Continuum to Examine the Short-Term Effects of Affirmative Action in Higher Education (2009, background): “Several investigate how the elimination of affirmative action and other state-level policy changes might effect the enrollment of minority students in college (Card and Krueger, 2005; Conrad and Sharpe, 1996; Dickson, 2006; Long 2004a, 2004b).”
Does Affirmative Action Work? Caste, Gender, College Quality, and Academic Success in India (2016, background): “…that a race-neutral admission policy would substantially reduce the overall probability of admission for black college applicants to top schools.3 Long (2004) estimates that accepted minority students in “elite colleges” (colleges in the top decile) would be reduced by 27 percent if preferential…”
The Effects of Affirmative Action Bans on College Enrollment, Educational Attainment, and the Demographic Composition of Universities (2012, methodology): “…was discontinued in California, although he does not find a statistically significant effect for Texas.3 Although both Card and Krueger (2005) and Long (2004a) make use of high-quality individual-level data to take a focused look at one of the stages of the college choice process, they do share…”