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Admitting A Wrong: Apology For The Historical Injustice Of The Dred Scott Case, Laura Kyte
Admitting A Wrong: Apology For The Historical Injustice Of The Dred Scott Case, Laura Kyte
BYU Law Review
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Country Club Sports: The Disparate Impact Of Athlete Admissions At Elite Universities, William B. Morrison
Country Club Sports: The Disparate Impact Of Athlete Admissions At Elite Universities, William B. Morrison
BYU Law Review
While conservative advocacy groups criticize affirmative action as anti-meritocratic, many universities give similar admissions preferences based on ostensibly race-neutral characteristics that highly correlate with wealth and whiteness. Using data made public through the recent legal challenge to Harvard’s affirmative action policies, statisticians have shown that the greatest boost to an applicant’s admission chances at elite universities is not minority status or high test scores, but rather appearing on a coach’s list of potential recruits. At Harvard, where 70% of athletes are white, these athletic recruitment lists are often for “country club sports” that require expensive tutoring and are rarely played …