March 4, 2005

Study Offers Mixed Assessment of Race-Conscious Admissions Policies

By PETER SCHMIDT

Race-conscious college-admissions policies often stigmatize black and Hispanic students as academically inferior, even though the students who gain entry through such policies generally perform better than others, according to a study presented here last week at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

The study was conducted by Douglas S. Massey, a professor of sociology and public affairs at Princeton University, and Mary J. Fischer, an assistant

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