The Chronicle of Higher Education

For Asians, Affirmative Action Cuts Both Ways

By PETER SCHMIDT

There is considerable debate over whether Americans of Asian or Pacific Island descent stand to gain, or lose, if the U.S. Supreme Court rejects or significantly curtails race-conscious college admissions.

Few selective undergraduate colleges give Asian students -- or Pacific Islanders, who tend to be lumped in with them, statistically and otherwise...

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