Dr. Stuart Gurrea provided trial testimony that contributed to the United States Naval Academy’s victory in Baltimore Federal District Court upholding the Academy’s consideration of race and ethnicity in its admissions process.

Dr. Gurrea was engaged by the US Department of Justice to provide expert testimony in economics, econometrics, and data analysis, and to respond to the plaintiff’s expert’s quantification of the impact of considering race and ethnicity in the admissions process to the US Naval Academy.  Dr. Gurrea led a team of Secretariat professionals specialized in large data set construction, microeconomics, and statistical and econometric modeling.

On December 7, 2024, US District Judge Richard Bennett in Baltimore rejected arguments by Plaintiff Students for Fair Admissions.  In his ruling, the court agreed with Dr. Gurrea’s analyses and conclusions.

“I am pleased that the court adopted my testimony regarding the assessment of the impact of race and ethnicity on the Academy’s admissions process,” said Dr. Gurrea. “I believe my economic analysis, which relied on generally accepted principles in economics and econometrics, helped the Court reject the validity and reliability of Plaintiff’s proposed impact evaluation.”