Skip to main content
Article
The New Affirmative Action: Socioeconomic Preference Criteria in Academic Admissions
Journal of Applied Behavioral Science (2000)
  • Stan Malos, San Jose State University
Abstract

This study investigates perceptions about the fairness and effectiveness of college admission preferences based on socioeconomic need. In a sample of 137 business students at a multicultural urban university in the western United States, such criteria were perceived favorably in terms of fairness and effectiveness for achieving diversity, helping targeted individuals, and improving institutional quality. However, favorable reactions to race and gender preferences persisted among minorities and women, suggesting that drop-offs in minority enrollments at universities that have replaced such preferences with need-related criteria may correspond to the appearance of reduced institutional commitment to diversity and related affirmative action goals.

Disciplines
Publication Date
2000
Publisher Statement
SJSU users: use the following link to login and access the article via SJSU databases
Citation Information
Stan Malos. "The New Affirmative Action: Socioeconomic Preference Criteria in Academic Admissions" Journal of Applied Behavioral Science Vol. 36 Iss. 1 (2000)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/stanley_malos/6/