To fulfill these rights : political struggle over affirmative action and open admissions /

In To Fulfill These Rights, Amaka Okechukwu offers a historically informed sociological account of the struggles over affirmative action and open admissions in higher education. Through case studies of policy retrenchment at public universities, she documents the rollback of inclusive policies in th...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Okechukwu, Amaka (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Columbia University Press, [2019]
Temas:
Discrimination in higher education > United States.
Affirmative action programs in education > United States.
Universities and colleges > Open admission > United States.
Universities and colleges > United States > Admission.
Minorities > Education (Higher) > United States.
Discrimination dans l'enseignement supérieur > États-Unis.
Programmes d'action positive en éducation > États-Unis.
Universités > Libre accès > États-Unis.
Universités > États-Unis > Admission.
Minorités > Enseignement supérieur > États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > General.
Affirmative action programs in education
Discrimination in higher education
Minorities > Education (Higher)
Universities and colleges > Admission
Universities and colleges > Open admission
United States
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • A right of post-war citizenship : the emergence of mass higher education and race-and-class inclusive admissions
  • Legal mobilization : racial political strategy and affirmative action retrenchment in the federal courts
  • Board votes and ballot initiatives : racial political strategy in trustee decision-making and state elections
  • A force of nature : student resistance to policy elimination
  • The limitations of diversity : defensive innovation after the end of affirmative action and open admissions
  • Appendix A: Situating political struggle over affirmative action and open admissions
  • Appendix B: Research methodology.

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