European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 7, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Daml Bias against asian students in .? a by Robert Lindsey new York Timas Sian american leaders say i heir Young people Are encountering increasing  when they apply to America s most selective universities a researcher who has been studying admission trends said Many of the most prestigious universities began restricting admission of asian students around 1933, after a surge in asian enrolment mat began in the m d-l970s As soon As admissions of asian students began reaching 10 w 12 percent suddenly a red tight went on said the researcher. Log Chi Wang an associate professor o1 asian american studies Al the University of California at Berkeley. Since 1983. Wang said at Berkeley Stanford. Mit Yale in last All the Ivy league schools admission of asian americans has either stabilized or gone Down " i Don t want to say it was a conspiracy but i hmm All of the elite universities in America suddenly realized hey had what Vised so tie called a jewish problem before world War ii and they began to look for ways of slowing Down the admissions of asians he said. Leading american universities had quotas Lor jewish Studenka As late As the mid-1930s although Otic Las at universities cited by Wang have denied employing racial quotas some concede privately Hal they Are concerned about the Long term implications of a possibly increasing eur tic imbalance in their  Henry orate Eul be director of chinese for affirmative action in san Francisco a group that monitors issues affecting asian civil rights said there is a perception growing around the country Hal we Are somehow squeezing the University systems a asians Are cutthroat students and All they want to do is go to College milk the system and gel a Good Job what i see evolving among academicians among administrators among admissions  he said is a growing uneasiness that As a disproportionate number of asians get admission to the system they Are creating an imbalance and if Ere should be Quolas the  Justice department has received complaints of purported discrimination against asians by a number of universities said Nathaniel Douglas director of a unit responsible 1" enforcing Laws a Amsl racial discrimination in education. He said that he was unable to judge the merits of the complaints but that he Justice department would decide within 60 Days whether of formally invest Ligate the allegation at Stanford Una vanity a faculty committee Hal investigated the handling of applications f of asians reported in november Hal it could find no evidence of implicit quotas or conscious discrimination against them but it noted Hal the Rae at which asians were accepted by Stanford from 1982 to 1965 on aver arc was almost one third less than Tho acceptance Rak for caucasians. The committee said in could identify no objective Factor to explain the Dille Ronce and suggested the umber stay s admission procedures May contain an unconscious Bias As a result of the study Stanford said it was revising ils procedures for evaluating applications to assure that asians were not discriminated against University officials say that because asian High school students on overage earn Butler grades and higher marts on the  Par of Nifte Scho Sirc a thude test than other students they Aie  no acc plance to selective institutions thai rely on such objective admission criteria Al a substantially higher rate than slide nos from Tolhur ethnic backgrounds Yolk tin i photo students on University of California Campus at Berkeley asian american Leaden Coni Arof that the nation t most selective universities Are now discriminating against asian students to restrict their admission. Officials at arms institutions who did not want to be publicly identified say that they oppose the use of quotas for moral reasons but that he influx of asian students is causing a growing problem for some academic policy makers. Among other things they say it threatens efforts to maintain a diverse student body especially in engineering and science classes that Are especially popular among students with chinese japanese korean vietnamese and other asian backgrounds. And some officials say they fear Hal asians disproportionate Success in gaining admission to prestigious universities particularly Public ones could produce racial conflicts that reach into other sectors of society. At the University of California in Berkeley often filed As the most prestigious slate University m the nation the question of whether asians Are disc Imin aled a Amsl has become a major controversy. Wang and other critics assert Hal she University moved in the Early 1980s to limit the number of asian student by changing admission procedures reducing the relative importance of Riligh school grades and test scores and adding consideration of subjective factors such As the a to Long a an essay and  activities. Administrators pointing Oul thai a Quarter of the undergraduates Are asians emphatically deny that there is discrimination and that they too any Steps a Amsl asians. Some also express  Al the critics san Why in the world Are they raising the argument that to arc discriminating against asians b Thomas framers assistant vice Chancellor Tor undergraduate a lairs asked while being interviewed. We have a tremendous Success Story Here Hal v