better at graduating more-prepared students while other institutions are better at graduating less-prepared students and that … 209 led to a more efficient sorting of minority students, explaining 18% of the graduation rate increase in our preferred … specification. Further, there appears to have been behavioral responses to Prop 209, by universities and/or students, that explain …

-based admissions practices and the effect such preferences have on the quality of schools in which minority students enroll, graduation … argue these bans are very informative about how affirmative action affects URM students. Finally, we discuss the evidence on …

-based admissions practices and the effect such preferences have on the quality of schools in which minority students enroll, graduation … argue these bans are very informative about how affirmative action affects URM students. Finally, we discuss the evidence on …

-prepared students while other institutions are better at graduating less-prepared students and that these matching effects are … of minority students, explaining 18% of the graduation rate increase in our preferred specification. Further …, universities appear to have responded to Prop 209 by investing more in their students, explaining between 23-64% of the graduation …