A new study based on University of California data lends support to an argument that the Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia caused a furor in raising last week: that affirmative action can hinder some black students’ prospects of becoming scientists by channeling them into top colleges where their poor academic preparation causes them to struggle. Like Justice Scalia, the new study explains gaps between races in graduation rates by invoking the controversial academic "mismatch" theory, which holds that race-conscious admissions policies place many minority students in highly selective academic environments where they end up over their heads academically.

December 17, 2015 ・ From Chronicle of Higher Education