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The next twenty-five years : affirmative action in higher education in the United States and South Africa /

"A penetrating exploration of affirmative action's continued place in 21st-century higher education, The Next Twenty-five Years assembles the viewpoints of some of the most influential scholars, educators, university leaders, and public officials. Its comparative essays span the political...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Featherman, David L., Hall, Martin, 1952-, Krislov, Marvin, 1960-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2010]
Colección:UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Affirmative action and the U.S. Black freedom struggle / David J. Garrow
  • The struggle for national liberation and the attainment of human rights in South Africa / Neville Alexander
  • Affirmative action in higher education over the next twenty-five years : a need for study and action / Sandra Day O'Connor and Stewart J. Schwab
  • From redress to empowerment : the new South African Constitution and its implementation / Judith February
  • Social Justice and postapartheid higher education in South Africa / André du Toit
  • Affirmative action and higher education in the United States and South Africa / Nancy Cantor and Jo Thomas
  • Moving on up? The politics, problems, and prospects of universities as gateways for social mobility in South Africa / Jonathan D. Jansen
  • Higher education and the labor market in postapartheid South Africa / Haroon Bhorat
  • Retrenching civil rights : mass imprisonment in America / Bruce Western
  • The promise and peril of the Texas uniform admission law / Martia Tienda and Teresa A. Sullivan
  • Admissions policies and challenges / Nan Yeld
  • Race and class in South African higher-education sector : a focus on the undergraduate experience / Crain Soudien
  • Benefits and barriers : racial dynamics of the undergraduate experience / Sylvia Hurtado
  • Diversity, dialogue, and democratic engagement / Patricia Gurin, Biren (Ratnesh) A. Nagda, and Akua O. Campanella
  • Institutional culture and diversity : engagement and dialogue in a South African university / Martin Hall, Dorrian Aiken, and Nazeema Mohamed
  • Who is "getting through" in South Africa? Graduate output and the reconstruction of the formal curriculum / Ian Scott
  • Defining the problem of equity in teaching elementary school mathematics / Jennifer Lewis and Deborah Lowenberg Ball
  • Looking back / Stuart Saunders
  • The first ten years : the role of public policy in shaping postapartheid higher education in South Africa / Naledi Pandor and Nasima Badsha
  • The role of public policy in shaping higher education in the twenty-first century : achieving diversity, excellence, and equity in the academy / Richard W. Riley and Judith A. Winston
  • Racial disparities and the next twenty-five years : the continued need for affirmative action / Michael S. McPherson and Matthew A. Smith
  • Beyond equity committees and statistics / Elaine Salo
  • Achieving critical mass : the future of gender and higher education in the United States / Abigail J. Stewart and Danielle LaVaque-Manty
  • Democracy and the choosing of elites / Glenn C. Loury
  • A future beyond "race" : reflections on equity in South African higher education / Zimitri Erasmus
  • The challenge of the next twenty-five years / Marvin Krislov
  • Nothing is different, but everything's changed / Martin Hall.