We Count What Matters
Students' Color-Blind "Merit-Based" Logic and the Reproduction of Inequality in a College Admissions Activity
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3014879 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ervin Matthews, Ervin Matthew (University of Cincinnati, corresponding author), M J Gast (0000-0002-8529-2078, University of Louisville), Molly Broscoe (University of Cincinnati) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 432-438 |
| Publication date | 2019-07-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociology of Race and Ethnicity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2332-6492 • E-ISSN: 2332-6506 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/2332649219850198 |
| OpenAlex | W2946107728 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 18 |
The authors introduce a college admissions simulation activity that facilitates discussions of affirmative action and racial disparities in the seemingly objective college admissions process. In this activity, students serve as mock admissions committees in small groups. On the basis of activity sheets collected from multiple courses across several institutions, the authors disclose quantitative patterns in students' applicant choices and qualitative themes reflecting students' decision making processes. The authors discuss how this activity and subsequent class discussion help students to recognize and think through meritocratic assumptions and color-blind practices that reproduce racial inequality
Biology · Inequality · Mathematics education · Reproduction · Critical Race Theory in Education · Higher Education Research Studies · Mathematics · School Choice and Performance · Ecology
Racialized politics
The Diversity Bargain
Affirmative action
Whites See Racism as a Zero-Sum Game That They Are Now Losing
Harming the Best
Teaching Affirmative Action
Avoiding Moral Dichotomies
Access Without Equity
Educating Students about Affirmative Action
Diversity, Opportunity, and the Shifting Meritocracy in Higher Education
We Count What Matters
Teaching Race at Historically White Colleges and Universities
The Origins of Race-conscious Affirmative Action in Undergraduate Admissions
Racial and Ethnic Stratification in Educational Achievement and Attainment
Opportunities to participate
| Citations per year | 0.43 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2019 - 2021 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |