Rothstein, Jesse; Yoon, Albert - Griswold Center for Economic Policy Studies, Department … - 2006
An important criticism of affirmative action policies in admissions is that they may hurt minority students who are … mismatch effects on graduation and bar exam passage rates are confined to the bottom quintile of the entering credentials … distribution, where selection bias is an important, potentially confounding factor. Elite law schools’ use of affirmative action …