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Writing last year, in the ''American Conservative'' ([http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/the-myth-of-american-meritocracy/ The myth of American meritocracy: How corrupt are Ivy League admissions?], 28 November 2012) Rob Unz claimed that today's Asian students were now being discriminated against in ways that Jewish students had been in the past. Namely, despite growing numbers in the population and impressive academic accomplishments, their share of the admissions to top institutions was being restricted by quotas. Furthermore, Unz went on to assert that Jewish students are now actually over-represented relative to equally qualified Asians and non-Jewish whites. Unz's article includes various statistical graphics to support these claims | Writing last year, in the ''American Conservative'' ([http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/the-myth-of-american-meritocracy/ The myth of American meritocracy: How corrupt are Ivy League admissions?], 28 November 2012) Rob Unz claimed that today's Asian students were now being discriminated against in ways that Jewish students had been in the past. Namely, despite growing numbers in the population and impressive academic accomplishments, their share of the admissions to top institutions was being restricted by quotas. Furthermore, Unz went on to assert that Jewish students are now actually over-represented relative to equally qualified Asians and non-Jewish whites. Unz's article includes various statistical graphics to support these claims; for example, see | ||
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Corrupt Ivy League admissions?
Writing last year, in the American Conservative (The myth of American meritocracy: How corrupt are Ivy League admissions?, 28 November 2012) Rob Unz claimed that today's Asian students were now being discriminated against in ways that Jewish students had been in the past. Namely, despite growing numbers in the population and impressive academic accomplishments, their share of the admissions to top institutions was being restricted by quotas. Furthermore, Unz went on to assert that Jewish students are now actually over-represented relative to equally qualified Asians and non-Jewish whites. Unz's article includes various statistical graphics to support these claims; for example, see
At the time of the article, a blog post by Andrew Gelman asked, Should Harvard start admitting kids at random? (28 November 2012). Subsequently, Gelman and others were led to re-examine the Unz data, and found that many of the earlier claims do not stand up. Most recently, in Ivy Jew update (22 October 2013).
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