Newly released data from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology reveals a significant shift in the school’s racial demographic makeup following a Supreme Court ruling against affirmative action.
The class of 2028 is the first cohort admitted to MIT under the new guidelines set by the Supreme Court’s ruling in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard, which prohibits considering race as a factor in college admissions, as previously reported by The College Fix.
Now that MIT has eliminated its race-based admissions practices, Asian enrollment has increased from 41 percent to 47 percent, according to MIT data.
Additionally, the proportion of black, Hispanic, Native American, and Pacific Islander students has declined. While these groups typically make up about 25 percent of MIT’s student body, they represent only around 16 percent of the incoming class, Stu Schmill, dean of admissions at the school, told MIT News this week.
The percentage of black students experienced the most significant decline, dropping from 13 percent to 5 percent. Meanwhile, the proportion of white students remained largely unchanged, according to the data. […]
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