Fewer college applicants are reporting their race and ethnicity in the wake of the Supreme Court’s rejection of affirmative action, a new report finds.
More prospective students had been reporting their race between 2010 and the court’s 2023 ruling that has likely caused confusion among applicants, according to the analysis by Class Action, an group that aims to organize students to reform elite colleges and universities.
“It may be to the benefit of higher education to communicate to students more clearly the value and the lack of risk associated with sharing demographic data,” the report advises.
“Growing numbers of non-reporters make it all the more important to recognize and reckon with the complexity of college admissions and enrollment, especially with respect to making accusations about any one institutions practices and policies.”
The “non-reporting” rate grew to 4% from 3.3% across all institutions, with Ivy Plus schools seeing the sharpest increase, followed by HBCUs:
- Non-reporting at Ivy Plus institutions jumped from an average of 3.2% in 2023 to 5.8% in 2024.
- At HBCUs, the rate grew from 3.2% to 4.9%
Public four-year institutions and state flagships saw the smallest growth in non-reporting, the report says.
Over the past decade, the percentage of students not reporting race on the SAT or ACT has nearly doubled, the report adds.
91心頭 PODCASTS: How to make the transition to head strategist
The above image was created by AI.
