The Impact of Legal Challenges to Affirmative Action on Educational Choice.

Affirmative Action;Economics of Education;Program Evaluation;Public Finance;Economics;Business;Economics

Andrews, Rodney J.Dinardo, John E. ;

University of Michigan

关键词: Affirmative Action;    Economics of Education;    Program Evaluation;    Public Finance;    Economics;    Business;    Economics;   

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瑞士|英语

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【 摘 要 】

The first chapter of the dissertation explores the impact of the United State;;s SupremeCourt;;s 2003 decisions in Gratz v. Bollinger and Grutter v. Bollinger on applicationsand admissions at an elite public university. The decisions proscribed the use of pointsystems; however, they permitted the use of race in a holistic review. I and that the sizeof the applicant pool declined and that the academic quality of applicants and admitsincreased. I find no evidence that the conditional probability of admissions declined forblack applicants or thatthe advantage that white applicants with relatively low selectionindex scores held over Asian applicants with similar scores declined.The second chapter examines the impacts of both Texas;;s Top Ten Percent Rule (TTTPR)and targeted recruitment programs on the score report sending behavior of SAT test-takersin Texas. Texas;;s Top Ten Percent Rule guarantees admission to any public college in Texasto high school graduates who finish in the top decile. Using SAT data and Texas HighSchool data, I examine the score report sending behavior of SAT takers by self-reportedclass rank. I find that TTTPR affects score report sending behavior and that the effectsvary with self-reported rank. I find that the targeted financial aid program instituted bythe University of Texas was successful in attracting score reports, a proxy for applications,from targeted high schools; the program instituted by Texas A&M-College Station was notas successful.The third chapter examines the effects of the implementation of Texas;;s Top Ten PercentRule on the rate at which graduates from Texas;;s high school attempt an admissionsexamination, a proxy for applying to a more selective college. Using high school leveldata from the Academic Excellence Indicator System, I find a decrease in the percentageof graduates who attempt an admissions examination and that the decrease is larger atschools that had student bodies with socioeconomically disadvantaged students or highschools with student bodies that had a high percentage of Hispanic Students.