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Excess Whiteness
Disparities
Based on National LSAC Applications
Excess Whiteness Disparities is the ratio (calculated into a
percentage) between Total Whiteness and National LSAC Application
Pool.
Whiteness is defined as
Caucasian or white. It includes individuals that did not identify a
racial group. It does not include individuals who identified "other"
as their racial group. It does not include foreign
nationals. Excess Whiteness Disparities is calculated by
subtracting the
National LSAC Application Pool from the school whiteness,
dividing the difference by National LSAC Application Pool and
multiplying the results by 100.
In
2003 the total percentage of applications to LSAC that were from
white students was 67.6%. If you subtract the University of Montana
Total Whiteness of 96.3% the result is a -28.7 difference. The
ratio is 28.7/67.6, the result of the ratio is .425. If you multiple
.425 by 100 the Excess Whiteness Disparity for the University of
Montana is 42.5%
This analysis includes all 177 law schools. Chart)
Of the 177 law schools 62 (__% had excess disparities greater than
25% and only 18 (__%) law schools had no excess whiteness
disparities.
The
minimum difference was -19% (__ LS) and the maximum difference was
42.5% (University of Montana). Half the Historically White Law
Schools had whiteness greater than the national LSAC pool by 20.4%;
while the average difference was 18.7%. of the 177 historically white schools, 89.8% had
some excess whiteness.
The ten schools with the greatest excess whiteness disparities
are Montana (42.5%), Samford (39.9%), Campbell (39.6%), Duquesne
(39.5%), Quinnipac (37%), South Carolina (37%), South Dakota
(36.4%), Maine (36.2%), Marquette (36.2%) and Kentucky
(36.1%). (Table) The
ten schools with the greatest excess whiteness disparities are
. (Table)
US News Tier. 3rd Tier Schools had the lowest
minimum difference (-7.2%), highest maximum (42.5%), highest median
(27.7%) and highest mean (26.5%). On the other hand 1st
Tier Law Schools had the highest minimum difference (-11.1%), lowest
maximum (36.1%), lowest median (12.1%) and lowest mean (13.3%).
That is, 1st tier law schools are the least white; while
third tier schools are the most white. The difference in means among
US NEWS Tiers is statistically significant at a .000 level. That
there is less than a 0% chance that difference occurred by chance. (Table)
Public-Private School. Public law schools had the highest
median ratio at 23.7%; that is half of the public schools had a
difference between the whiteness in the national pool and in the
whiteness in there law school by 23.7%. There is a significant
difference (p=.015) between the mean of private law schools (16.7)
and public law schools (21.7).; that is, less than a 1.5 %
probability that the difference between public and private schools
occurred by chance. (Table)
Region.
Of the
177 Historically white law schools (HWLS), Percentage difference
between Whiteness and National LSAC Application. For instance,
Nationally, there are 177 historically white law schools. The
minimum difference was -19% and the maximum difference was 42.5%.
Half the schools have whiteness greater than the national LSAC pool
by 20.4%; while the average difference was 18.7%. The Pacific West had the lowest median difference
(4.1%) and the Midwest had the highest median difference (30.6%).
The difference among regions is statistically significant at a .000
level. That there is less than a 0% chance that difference occurred
by chance. (Table) |
