Ending Affirmative Action Harms Diversity Without Improving Academic Merit
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Watch a 21-minute ACM conference presentation examining how the elimination of affirmative action policies impacts diversity and academic performance in higher education. Through empirical research and data analysis, researchers Jinsook Lee, Emma Harvey, Joyce Zhou, Nikhil Garg, Thorsten Joachims, and Rene Kizilcec demonstrate the negative effects on student body diversity while showing no corresponding improvements in academic merit or outcomes. Learn about their methodology, key findings, and implications for educational policy and institutional diversity initiatives in this empirical studies session.
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Ending Affirmative Action Harms Diversity Without Improving Academic Merit
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Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)