Word: asian-american
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...Harvard's assertion that Asian-American students, like other minority students, receive an affirmative action "tip" based on their ethnicity could not be substantiated...
...There was no evidence to corroborate Harvard's claim that an Asian-American "ethnic reader" reviewed about 80 percent of Asian-American applications. The department put the figure at less than 20 percent...
...Some readers made comments on applicants' application folders which suggested a stereotypical view of Asian-Americans, notably that they are merely "hard-workers" rather than "outstanding potential scholars." (The report did note that the apparent stereotyping did not seem to hurt Asian-American applicants...
...Department of Education found that "none of those [admissions officers] interviewed could think of, or remember a single case in which an applicant's Asian-American ethnicity was cited as the `tip' which resulted in an applicant being admitted over a substantially equal white counterpart...
Despite this revelation, Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid William R. Fitzsimmons '67 continues to insist, quite shamelessly, that "It's very clear to us that students from Asian-American backgrounds often receive a special...