http://econlog.econlib.org/archives/2012/08/aa_at_tj_redux.htmlAUGUST 20, 2012
AA at TJ Redux
Bryan Caplan
Remember how GMU law professor Lloyd Cohen used the Freedom of Information Act to test for the extent of affirmative action at Thomas Jefferson High School? Nine years after Cohen filed an official complaint, the Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights finally got back to him. They find his case unconvincing.
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More at the site, and statistical data on admissions is at
http://econlog.econlib.org/archives/2007/12/how_much_aa_at.htmlDECEMBER 13, 2007
How Much AA at TJ?
Bryan Caplan
Two essays by Cohen on TJ admissions are
http://www.albanylawreview.org/archives/67/1/strawmenfibsandotheracademicsins.pdfStraw Men, Fibs, And Other Academic Sins
and
http://mason.gmu.edu/~lcohen2/Cohen%20Final%20Final.doc
A Study Of Invidious Racial Discrimination In Admissions At Thomas Jefferson High School For Science And Technology: Monty Python And Franz Kafka Meet A Probit Regression