The death of affirmative action? : racialized framing and the fight against racial preference in college admissions /

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Affirmative action in college admissions has been a polarizing policy since its inception, decried by some as unfairly biased and supported by others as a necessary corrective to institutionalized inequality. In recent years, the protected status of affirmative action has become uncertain, as legal...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Carter, J. Scott (Sociology teacher) (Autor), Lippard, Cameron D. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol, UK : Bristol University Press, 2020.
Colección:Sociology of diversity.
Temas:
Minority college students > Recruiting > United States.
Universities and colleges > United States > Admission.
Affirmative action programs in education > United States.
Electronic books.
Étudiants issus des minorités > Recrutement > États-Unis.
Universités > États-Unis > Admission.
Programmes d'action positive en éducation > États-Unis.
Livres numériques.
e-books.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations.
Affirmative action programs in education
Minority college students > Recruiting
Universities and colleges > Admission
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Affirmative action and higher education
  • Race, the affirmative action debate, education and past court cases
  • Who is fighting the fight?
  • Case study 1: The Gratz/Grutter Supreme Court Cases against the University of Michigan
  • Case study 2: The Fisher Supreme Court Cases against the University of Texas at Austin
  • Conclusions.

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