A recent article in The Nation by Mark Huelsman claims that elite public universities are being “resegregated.” As evidence, Huelsman cites his own research, published by the left-wing think tank Demos, which examines trends in enrollment at 67 “elite” public colleges (the 50 state flagship universities plus 17 others). Moreover, Huelsman’s claim does not account for the size of the universities in question, nor the magnitude of the changes in black students’ enrollment. Simply counting up the number of schools which saw declines in black students’ enrollment share tells us little about how black students are faring at these schools overall. Meanwhile, white students’ enrollment share dropped from 75.3% to 62.5%, or roughly 13 percentage points. But claiming that elite public schools are being “resegregated” is a complete distortion of reality.

Source: Forbes February 01, 2019 07:30 UTC