OCR Issues Decision on Princeton Case on Alleged Discrimination against Asians

[Swimkidsdad]

If you read the OCR report on Princeton, it’s obvious that Princeton considered URM status to be a plus factor, but that there was no evidence that being Asian was a negative factor

The OCR never preformed a complete statistical analysis of the Princeton admission data. If they did it is possible that they would have found results similar to Espenshade’s study:

We noted earlier that Asian candidates are at a disadvantage in admission compared to their white, African-American, and Hispanic counterparts. Removing this disadvantage at the same time preferences for African Americans and Hispanics are eliminated results in a significant gain in the acceptance rate for Asian students