Affirmative action in admissions was concentrated in elite colleges and did not harm them

Evidence

Attending a high-quality school yields higher earnings in adulthood, even after controlling for family background and school achievement; studies even show higher payoffs to blacks than to whites of attending an elite school (Brewer et al., 1999; Kane, 1998; Daniel et al., 1995; Bowen and Bok, 1998). Thus affirmative action beneficiaries at elite universities did indeed benefit, to no apparent detriment to their fellow white students. — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 1977 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Affirmative action in admissions occurred only at elite colleges, not nonelite ones — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 1976; Rejected elite-college applicants have no strong claim of harm from affirmative action — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 2030; Elite-college affirmative action benefits black students despite initial test-score gaps — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 1995 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Elite-university affirmative action beneficiaries gained earnings with no harm to white students #corroborates (0.92) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 1977