Causation Fallacy 2.0: Revisiting the Myth and Math of Affirmative Action

Autor/inn/en	Hughes, Sherick; Thompson Dorsey, Dana N.; Carrillo, Juan F.
Titel	Causation Fallacy 2.0: Revisiting the Myth and Math of Affirmative Action
Quelle	In: Educational Policy, 30 (2016) 1, S.63-93 (31 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0895-9048
DOI	10.1177/0895904815616484
Schlagwörter	Affirmative Action; Higher Education; Court Litigation; Disproportionate Representation; Minority Group Students; College Admission; Politics of Education; Legal Problems; Selective Admission; White Students; Asian American Students; Racial Bias; Scores; Aptitude Tests; College Applicants; African American Students; Hispanic American Students; Admission Criteria; Racial Relations; Racial Integration; School Desegregation; Civil Rights Legislation; Competitive Selection; California + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Rechtsstreit; Hochschulzugang; Hochschulzulassung; Zulassung; Educational policy; Bildungspolitik; Bildungsselektion; Asian immigrant; United States; Student; Students; Asiatischer Einwanderer; USA; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Racial discrimination; Rassismus; Aptitude test; Eignungsprüfung; Eignungstest; College applications; Studienbewerber; African Americans; Afroamerikaner; Hispanic; Hispanic Americans; Hispanoamerikaner; Admission; Admission procedures; Zulassungsbedingung; Zulassungsverfahren; Rassenintegration; Integrative Schule; Private law; Bürgerliches Recht; Kalifornien
Abstract	Justice Goodwin Liu reexamined seminal affirmative action in higher education legal cases beginning with the landmark 1978 case, "Regents of the University of California v. Bakke" and leading up to the U.S. Supreme Court's 2003 decision in "Gratz v. Bollinger." Liu argued that the "Bakke and Gratz" lawsuits were grounded in an underlying causation fallacy, largely because neither case involved enough applicants of color to change the likelihood of Bakke's and Gratz's admittance. Recent lawsuits from self-identified White and Asian, rejected applicants have emerged against top-ranked universities. This article revisits Liu's assertions by applying his critical approach to those cases. Data indicate too few applicants of color to change the likelihood of recent plaintiffs' admittance. Concluding arguments name Causation Fallacy 2.0 as a useful tool for explaining the cultural politics of race surrounding affirmative action admissions cases. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01