Half of surveyed adults in the US disapprove of students’ race and ethnicities factoring into the college admissions process, according to a recent Pew Research Center study.
The poll of over 5,000 people found that 33% of respondents approved of colleges and universities boosting diversity by considering racial and ethnic backgrounds. Sixteen percent of people were not sure where they stood on the issue, according to Pew Research Center. The survey, conducted between March 27 and April 2, comes ahead of anticipated US Supreme Court decisions in two related cases involving the factoring of race in admissions at Harvard College and University of North Carolina.
Only 11% of those surveyed said students accepted into colleges were more qualified than they would be if their racial and ethnic backgrounds weren’t considered. A third of respondents felt differently, believing that students accepted to colleges that consider race were less qualified. Nearly four-in-10 people said students are “neither more nor less qualified than they would be otherwise,” the survey showed.
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