
SCOTUS Considers Affirmative Action
Advisory Opinions
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The Different Experiences Students Have Based on Social Class
David Gergen: Class is not a one-to-one proxy for race because historical discrimination might create a race disproportionate class effect, but does not create a race exclusive class effect. He says evidence in Harvard case shows different experiences based on the amount of money and social class. Gergen: There's this really fascinating part of an expert report in the Harvard litigation that says a very high achieving students from families making more than $100,000 applied to become members of the Harvard class of 09.
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