李建案的意义在于提请媒体注意一个公认的事实,大学录取中的对亚裔的不公平(这点在很多书中都有论及,恕不复述。有兴趣可读:The Price of Admission by Daniel Golden)。这种不公是违反人权法的(The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) enforces several federal civil rights laws that prohibit discrimination in programs or activities that receive federal financial assistance from the Department of Education (ED). Discrimination on the bases of race, color, and national origin is prohibited by Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; sex discrimination is prohibited by Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972; discrimination on the basis of disability is prohibited by Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (Title II prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability by public entities, whether or not they receive federal financial assistance); and age discrimination is prohibited by the Age Discrimination Act of 1975.)
至于您无忧大人担心麻省大学在亚裔招生会从28%降到18%,请容在下提醒:
1、根据The Princeton Review,MIT是读书最苦的学校。所以,相比与其他IVY,申请人数要少得多。见数据:
Harvard Class of 2010 申请人数 22,753 , 录取人数 2,109
Yale Class of 2010 申请人数 21,099, 录取人数 1,823
Princeton Class of 2010 申请人数 17,563, 录取人数 1,792
Stanford Class of 2010 申请人数 22,000, 录取人数 2,400
MIT Class of 2010 申请人数 11,373, 录取人数 1,474
2、U.S.News的排名及排名方法直接引响大学录取方式(The Early Admissions Game: Joining the Elite,by Christopher Avery, Andrew Fairbanks, Richard Zeckhauser),SAT(25%-75%)和四年毕业率是评比参数之一。为确保排名,麻省需要亚裔!