Do Local Admissions Guarantees at In-state Publics Reduce Inequities in College-going for Black and Hispanic Students? Evidence from the California State University System

This grant is co-funded with the Hewlett and Spencer Foundations.
Research suggests that public universities are one of the largest drivers of economic mobility for groups that are underrepresented in higher education. After affirmative action was banned in California in 1998, a system of prioritizing local admissions was implemented in the California State University (CSU) system as a race-neutral alternative. Economists Veronica Sovero and Amanda Griffith and health policy scholar Sepideh Modrek will examine how CSU’s admissions policies have affected college enrollment for underserved student populations. They will analyze data from the California Department of Education and California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data for their study.