Replication data for: Academic Undermatching of High-Achieving Minority Students: Evidence from Race-Neutral and Holistic Admissions Policies
Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Sandra E. Black; Kalena E. Cortes; Jane Arnold Lincove
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Black, Sandra E., Cortes, Kalena E., and Lincove, Jane Arnold. Replication data for: Academic Undermatching of High-Achieving Minority Students: Evidence from Race-Neutral and Holistic Admissions Policies. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2015. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-12. https://doi.org/10.3886/E113422V1
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Summary:
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College is a pathway to social mobility in the United States. Yet too often high-achieving students from low-income and minorities families fail to apply to selective postsecondary institutions. Our study examines the extent to which academic undermatching occurs among high-achieving minority students by analyzing the application choices of students who undergo two distinct admissions policies. We find that minority students eligible for automatic admissions and those who undergo holistic admissions are both less likely to apply to elite flagship universities than white students, despite being equally qualified based on high school performance. Instead, minorities often opt for lower tier universities.
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I23 Higher Education; Research Institutions
I24 Education and Inequality
J15 Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
Z13 Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology; Language; Social and Economic Stratification
I23 Higher Education; Research Institutions
I24 Education and Inequality
J15 Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
Z13 Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology; Language; Social and Economic Stratification
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