From The Boston Globe:
Not all Asians feel discriminated against, said University of California, Irvine professor Jennifer Lee, a sociologist who studies race and ethnicity. … Those who filed the complaint place too much importance on being admitted to an Ivy League school, Lee said, and don’t realize that if race is eliminated as a part of admissions, other types of bias could hurt Asians even more, such as admitting more students whose parents attended the school.
 
For the full story, please visit https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2015/07/08/department-education-dismisses-complaint-alleging-bias-against-asian-applicants/n4LyRHVJUBd6Qp3Y5GkfcO/story.html.

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