After Affirmative Action ...

[Axtremus]

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/mits-black-student-enrollment-slides-affirmative-action-supreme-court-rcna167622

MIT's Black student enrollment drops significantly after Supreme Court affirmative action ruling

The university’s white and Asian American student populations have increased, while all others have declined ...

The university’s admissions department on Wednesday released its first-year class profile, showing a sharp drop in its Black student population. About 5% of MIT’s incoming class of 2028 is Black, a significant drop from its 13% average in recent years. Latino students make up 11% of the class of 2028, compared to a 15% average in recent years. ...

[George K]

The university’s white and Asian American student populations have increased, while all others have declined ...

Has the Asian student enrollment increased? It's not specified in the article.

The NYT: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/21/us/mit-black-latino-enrollment-affirmative-action.html

The comparison to the class of 2027 was also dramatic. The percentage of Black students enrolled dropped to 5 percent from 15 percent, and the percentage of Hispanic and Latino students dropped to 11 percent from 16 percent. White students made up 37 percent of the new class, compared with 38 percent last year.

On the other hand, the percentage of Asian American students in the class jumped to 47 percent from 40 percent. (The percentages do not add up to 100, according to M.I.T., because students could declare more than one race.)

So White is consistent, class of 2027 vs class of 2028.

[Mik]

Perhaps enrollment is down as with other schools.

[Jolly]

Damn Asians...

[Copper]

Black students have figured out that MIT offers a second rate education.

And they have better things to do with their time and money than attend a loser school.

[LuFins Dad]

The article isn’t giving us all the details. It’s giving percentage of class sizes, but it’s not giving actual class sizes. I would be curious to see those numbers.

[Mik]

Lies, damn lies.....

[Doctor Phibes]

@LuFins-Dad said in After Affirmative Action ...:

The article isn’t giving us all the details. It’s giving percentage of class sizes, but it’s not giving actual class sizes. I would be curious to see those numbers.

From MIT's website, class sizes seem to be pretty constant:

(Undergraduates, graduates, total)

2023-2024 4,576 7,344 11,920
2022-2023 4,657 7,201 11,858
2021-2022 4,638 7,296 11,934
2020-2021 4,361 6,893 11,254
2019-2020 4,530 6,990 11,520
2018-2019 4,602 6,972 11,574
2017-2018 4,547 6,919 11,466
2016-2017 4,524 6,852 11,376
2015-2016 4,527 6,804 11,331
2014-2015 4,512 6,807 11,319