The Education Exchange: How Race Factors into College Admissions

Expert witness previews the affirmative action cases headed for the Supreme Court

Photo of Peter ArcidiaconoIn this Education Exchange replay, a professor of economics at Duke University, Peter Arcidiacono, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss Arcidiacono new study, which examines how racial preferences for under-represented minorities affected admissions to Harvard University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

The study, “What the Students for Fair Admissions Cases Reveal About Racial Preferences,” co-written with Josh Kinsler and Tyler Ransom, is available now.

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