Affirmative Action Bans in Universities: Who Gains?
Which group has gained the most from affirmative action bans in California, Texas and Florida universities? Now that those states have banned race-based preferences in college admissions, Asian Americans have emerged as the frontrunners in academia. A report called “Admissions and Public Higher Education in California, Texas and Florida: The Post-Affirmative Action Era” found that Asian-American students particularly benefitted from the state of California’s Proposition 209, which banned state entities from using affirmative action in 1996. After the ban’s implementation, for instance, the percentage of Asian Americans at the University of
