Question

"Keala, a Native Hawaiian, was admitted to a prestigious university, even though his SAT scores, GPA, and letters of recommendation were not strong enough to warrant his admission. Keala was admitted based on a preference policy with a bias in favor of Native Hawaiians."

a. True.
b. False.

Answer 1

a. True.

This process is called affirmative action.

It is the idea that, when a student applies for university admission, several factors should be taken into account in addition to their results, such as institutional obstacles or barriers (namely, racial or ethnic discrimination) they might have had to overcome.

The intention behind affirmative action in favor of Native Hawaiians would be to promote diversity in the university's population, by reflecting the importance of Native Hawaiians as a part of the population.