Forbes: Experiment Finds Race Trumps A Prestigious Degree

[flushmaverick]

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An experiment designed to test perceptions of affirmative action found that independent observers rated companies significantly lower when they were told the top executives were African-American graduates of prestigious universities, instead of white. The difference went away when the executives were said to have graduated from less selective schools, and when the evaluators were told that the more selective schools exercised race-blind admissions.

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@Forbes

The lesson for Sauer is that executives must consider all the information about applicants and be aware of the subtle biases that are still prevalent in U.S. society. "If there’s enough other evidence of competence, those effects go away," he said. "That’s the nice part."

Experiment</a> Finds Race Trumps A Prestigious Degree - Daniel Fisher - Full Disclosure - Forbes</p>

<p>Link to study: INFORMS</a> PubsOnLine - Welcome</p>

<p>Disappointing, yet predictable, in my opinion. On the same note, I find that when I read a news article about any kind of study, about half the time I wonder if they really needed to do the study in the first place to find proof of something so obvious (while reaching vaguely-worded conclusions).</p>

[Harambee]

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Disappointing, yet predictable, in my opinion.

I agree. </p>

<p><em>Sigh</em></p>

[ksarmand]

<p>This essentially means that all the work I am doing now will be rendered useless.</p>

<p>Great! Now I can fail without compunction.</p>

[dignified1]

<p>“If there’s enough other evidence of competence, those effects go away,” he said.</p>

<p>So, no, ksarmand, it doesn’t render all the work you are doing now useless. It just means that you and other kids like you have to get out and make sure that you are providing ‘other evidence of competence’. Sad I know, but if we are to believe this article, then true.</p>

[ksarmand]

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So, no, ksarmand, it doesn’t render all the work you are doing now useless.

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<p><em>self deprecating joke flies overhead</em></p>

<p>Well, I know that. But when you’re doing a problem set for six hours, it sure feels like it is. :)</p>