Blog posting from higher education reporter for USA Today.
Yesterday I posted an item about research showing that a review of 30,000 photos in college recruitment brochures for nearly 400 colleges found that black students were overrepresented compared with their actual population on campus. Hispanics and Latinos were underrepresented.
Those brochures are aimed at prospective students. Today, I look at a couple of studies related to college admissions. Specifically, they deal with something called stereotype threat — the fear that your behavior will confirm an existing stereotype of a group with which you identify. Read carefully: It’s a long post on a complex and touchy subject. I look forward to hearing your response from the question I pose below.