College Admissions, ‘Race Neutrality’, & Preferences Based On Race … As One Small Part Of The College Admissions Process

… Speaking as a College Administrator & Teaching Faculty Professor for 20+ Years … 

… The College Admissions Process cannot be Exclusively Analyzed via … a Statistically Significant … Quantitative … OR … Qualitative Methodology …

… Using One without the Other … Leaves The Analysis Short … Of Considering The Entire Picture …

… In order to Adequately Use and Analyze … the ‘Simulations’ Presented in the recent Supreme Court Cases … 

… Students for Fair Admissions v. UNC & Harvard …

… A Person Should Analyze Those ‘Simulations’ … and the Plaintiffs Arguments … in Both Cases … 

… Not Only Quantitatively … with respect to the Outcomes of those ‘Simulations’ … 

… But Also Qualitatively … with respect to what went into Creating the Disparity That Persistently Exists … 

… Between Underrepresented African American, Hispanic, & Native American Student Admissions Applicants to College at UNC & Harvard …

… In other words … Were the K-12 Educational Experiences “Equal” or Fair … as per the 14th Amendment … 

… Relative to Adequately Preparing Each Racial Group … For College Success … 

… Were The White & Asian Students … Equally Prepared … Or … On Balance Better Prepared …

… Than The Black, Hispanic, & Native American Student Populations? …

… Qualitatively Speaking … The Answer is a … Resounding No …

… However …

… Quantitatively Speaking … ‘The Simulations Produce Acceptable Attrition’ … According to the Plaintiffs …

… Relative To Losing ~ 5% to 10% of the African American Student Enrolled Populations …

… Thus … Effectively Reducing Those Black Student Populations … At State Universities like UNC … & … Private Ivy League Universities Like Harvard … By 5% to 10% …

… When one uses Exclusively Quantitative Outcomes … In every Plaintiff Presented ‘Simulation’ … African American Student Populations Lose Admitted Student Populations … 

… In the range of 5% to 10% of Admitted Students … 

… Again … In Every Plaintiff Presented ‘Simulation’ …

… The ‘Simulations’ Cause Those Schools … And Others Similarly Situated … To Lose …  5% to 10% of The Black Student Population … 

… In My Opinion … That Is Not An Acceptable Quantitative Outcome … 

… Even If It Means Implementing “Race Neutral Policies” … Relative to the College Admissions Applications Process … 

… Those Are Aspiring College Students … With The Same Hopes & Dreams … As The Other Members Of Their College Admissions Application Cohort …

… Who Were Simply Academically Underprepared … at the K-12 Levels … To Attain Academic Success In College …

… At BOTH UNC & Harvard … 

… That says nothing about how many Black Students … Will be Retained … And Proceed toward Graduation … In a Timely Manner … 

… In The Final Analysis …

… Were the 13th, 14th, & 15th Amendments … as well as Brown v. Board of Education About …

… ‘Racial Neutrality’ Expressed Toward Each Student Population … 

… Without Particular Respect … Specifically Demonstrated Toward African American Underrepresented Student Populations? … 

… In The 1860s – 1870s … as well as … In The 1950s? …

… Or … 

… Were those Legal & Constitutional Landmarks about … ‘Simulations’, Empirical Numerical Examination, … & Quantitative Analysis … 

… Which Obfuscate the Concurrent … Qualitative Realities …

… In Other Words … 

… It Is acceptable to lose 5% to 10% of African American College Matriculants … 

… Because … Over 20 Years Ago … in Grutter v. Bollinger …  Justice O’Conner Said …