Well I don't think anybody should gerrymander but my point is that if you have a larger enrollment of asians than whites in top universities then you should expect to see that same breakdown in industry. We don't see anywhere close to that though. There are 2 possibilities - discrimination or invalid school curriculum/admission. Taking Berkeley as an example, there are more asian that white admissions. There are way, way more asians than whites entering the engineering program but I can't find any online statistics. But here is something on general admissions.
Asian-American admitted students comprise 38.3 percent of the total pool of admitted fall students, a rise of 7.7 percent from fall 1997. Last year, 2,925 Asian Americans were admitted to Berkeley. This year, 2,998 Asian Americans were offered fall admission.
White students are 34.2 percent of the total pool of students admitted for fall 1998, an increase of 3.2 percent from fall 1997. Last year, 2,725 whites were admitted to Berkeley. This year, there are 2,674 whites admitted.
urel.berkeley.edu
Berkeley doesn't "count" asians as minorities and I truly believe there is little if any discrimination against asians in California in business - thats jmo, however. Anyway something is funny when you admit more of a certain group to the top engineering school in the area and there is no follow through in industry. A hard problem to fix however, I will give you that. |
