Hacker News with Generative AI: Affirmative Action

Did Yale, Princeton, and Duke Violate SFFA in Last Year's Admissions Cycle? (reason.com)
Following the Supreme Court's decision in SFFA in 2023, barring the use of racial preferences in admissions, admissions patterns at most elite universities followed the pattern one would expect: enrollment of black and Hispanic students declined, and enrollment of Asian-American students increased. Three major exceptions to this pattern are Yale, Princeton, and Duke. At each of these universities, enrollment of black students was basically flat, and enrollment of Asian-American students was actually down.
Harvard Students Are Better Than You (tracingwoodgrains.com)
Affirmative Action, I am told, ended the other day. Best wishes to those who celebrate.
Yale, Princeton and Duke Are Questioned over Decline in Asian Students (nytimes.com)
The group that successfully sued Harvard to end affirmative action in university admissions last year is now threatening to investigate whether schools are complying with the new rules and to file lawsuits if it believes that they are not.
Affirmative Action Was Banned. What Happened Next Was Confusing (nytimes.com)
When the Supreme Court ruled against race-conscious admissions, the expectation — based on statistical modeling presented in court — was that the proportion of Black students at highly selective schools would go down and the proportion of Asian American students would rise.
MIT's first freshman class since affirmative-action ban is less diverse (bbc.com)
With the end of affirmative action, MIT's incoming class better reflects merit (twitter.com)
At MIT, Black/Latino Enrollment Drops Sharply After Affirmative Action Ban (nytimes.com)