Provocative Idea: Why isn't there an Asian University?

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<p>I favor admissions policies that seek to increase representation of students from under-represented, disadvantaged backgrounds. I also favor policies that do not hold Asian Americans to higher standards than whites/European Americans. Stereotyping by some of Asian Americans and Asians in public discourse here on CC and in admissions offices seems to be acceptable to a degree that would be considered outrageous if applied to other racial or ethnic groups.</p>

<p>[Asians</a>, not whites, hurt most by race-conscious admissions - Opinion - USATODAY.com](<a href=“http://blogs.usatoday.com/oped/2008/02/asians-not-whit.html]Asians”>http://blogs.usatoday.com/oped/2008/02/asians-not-whit.html)</p>

<p>Over-Represented and De-Minoritized : The Racialization of Asian Americans in Higher Education
<a href=“eScholarship”>eScholarship;

<p>The Opportunity Cost of Admission Preferences at Elite Universities
<a href=“http://opr.princeton.edu/faculty/Tje/EspenshadeSSQPtII.pdf[/url]”>http://opr.princeton.edu/faculty/Tje/EspenshadeSSQPtII.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>NEGATIVE ACTION VERSUS AFFIRMATIVE ACTION:ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICANS ARE STILLCAUGHT IN THE CROSSFIRE
<a href=“http://www.advancingequality.org/files/kidderarticle.pdf[/url]”>http://www.advancingequality.org/files/kidderarticle.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;