Johns Hopkins publishes diversity data

Another elite college has published its demographic data for the first post-affirmative action admissions cycle. Johns Hopkins University’s incoming freshman class saw the black and Hispanic populations decline by more than half compared to the year prior, returning to 2010 levels. The share of white students decreased — from 39% to 34% — while the proportion of Asian students increased from 32% to 46%.

The drastic changes indicate that the consideration of race was a major factor in JHU’s admissions over the past decade. The school’s president and provost called the recent demographic changes “profoundly disappointing”. The spike in students from low-income backgrounds was apparently little consolation.