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Tar Heel Preferences

Compare this recent University of North Carolina Daily Tar Heel editorial ?

Admissions decisions should be based solely on the merits of one?s application. Although the female-to-male ratio at universities across the country is rising, administrators at UNC shouldn?t begin giving preferential treatment to male applicants....

Regardless of how wide the gender gap becomes, it is wrong to deny admission to an applicant based solely on gender....

? to this summary of findings regarding admissions preferences at public universities in North Carolina conducted by the Center for Equal Opportunity several years ago:

All six public colleges and universities in North Carolina that we studied--NC State and UNC at Asheville, Chapel Hill, Charlotte, Greensboro, and Wilmington--show a substantial qualifications gap between black and white applicants who have been accepted for future enrollment....

The odds of admission at five of the six schools studied indicate a strong degree of preference in admissions given to blacks over whites. These odds ratios range from 177.1 at NC State to 3.4 at Chapel Hill....

I searched for a Daily Tar Heel editorial criticizing these admissions preferences, but if there is one I failed to find it.

Full post as published by Discriminations on December 24, 2009 (boomark / email).