Letters to the Editor: The ‘open secret’ of anti-Asian bias in college admissions
The Chronicle of Higher Education reports that as the percentage of Asian students in college admissions reached 25 percent or more, the percentage of Asian-American applicants in high school who were admitted to college decreased for the first time in 16 years (from 14 percent to just 9 percent).
In the following letter, a concerned reader writes to suggest that Asian students who are accepted to our colleges and universities are not necessarily the best students for them, and that they are not necessarily “culturally qualified” as the Chronicle claims. The letter points out that a number of students admitted to our universities are no longer “culturally qualified” as our colleges and universities are supposed to be.
As the percentage of Asian students in college admissions goes up, the percentage of Asian-American applicants in high school who are admitted to college goes down.
As the percentage of Asian students in college admissions goes down, the percentage of Asian-American applicants in high school who are admitted to college goes up.
As the percentage of Asian students in college admissions goes up and the percentage of Asian-American applicants in high school who are admitted to college goes down, more Asian-American students are admitted to our colleges and universities at a time when the percentage of all Asian students in our colleges and universities is declining.
The percentage of minority students admitted to our colleges and universities has increased by more than twice the number of minority students admitted who were admitted previously.
We have made no progress in improving the quality of our college and university campuses since 1965.
We have made no progress in improving the quality of our college and university campuses since 1965.
We have made no progress in improving the quality of our college and university campuses since 1965.
Even as minority students have made up a majority of the general student population, we have made no progress in increasing the number of Asian students that are admitted to our colleges and universities. This “open secret” is now being acknowledged by Asian students who are in the middle of their college and university years, while the percentage of Asian students in college admissions has increased by more than twice its previous percentage, and the percentage of Asian-American applicants in high school who are admitted to college decreased by more
