Arcidiacono, Peter; Kinsler, Josh; Ransom, Tyler - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
Using detailed admissions data made public in the SFFA v. Harvard and SFFA v. UNC cases, we examine how racial … preferences for under-represented minorities (URMs) affect their admissions to Harvard and UNC-Chapel Hill. At Harvard, the admit …. For typical Hispanic applicants the increase is 2.4 times. At UNC, preferences vary substantially by whether the applicant …