Affirmative action bans and college graduation rates

Peter Hinrichs

Economics of Education Review, 2014, vol. 42, issue C, 43-52

Abstract: This paper estimates the effects of statewide affirmative action bans on graduation rates within colleges and on the fraction of college entrants who become graduates of selective institutions. On net, affirmative action bans lead to fewer underrepresented minorities becoming graduates of selective colleges. Although the graduation rates for underrepresented minority groups at selective institutions rise when affirmative action is banned, this may be due to the changing composition of students at these universities. Moreover, this effect is small relative to the number displaced from selective universities due to affirmative action bans.

Keywords: Affirmative action; College admissions; Minority mismatch (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I28 J15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2014.06.005

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