What can we do instead of Affirmative Action?

[glassesarechic]

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Get rid of legacy admits. I have yet to see a good argument in favor of why they should be retained. That move would create more merit-based and AA slots for everyone.

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<p>Once you control for higher education levels of the parents and opportunities for the child, the legacy boost doesn’t seem so big. A Duke legacy is likely to have a better chance at Duke than the published admit rate, sure–but that same legacy will likely have a better chance at Penn and Dartmouth as well because of a stronger application. </p>

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Part of what I pay those tuition dollars for is so that my (Asian) children will have the opportunity to live and work in close proximity to others whose views, background and values give them a different perspective. That’s part of the education I want them to have.

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<p>This is important to me as well, and part of the reason I support AA (though I think socioeconomic AA, IMO, would do a better job of finding true diversity).</p>