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Equal Opportunity in Higher Education
. Ed(S): Grodsky, Eric; Kurlaender, Michal
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Description for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education
"Equal Opportunity in Higher Education" zeroes in on California s Proposition 209, addressing its repercussions on affirmative action and proposing alternative methods for improving opportunities for underrepresented students and minority groups." Editor(s): Grodsky, Eric; Kurlaender, Michal. Num Pages: 300 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JNF; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 399.
This timely book examines issues pertaining to equal opportunity—affirmative action, challenges to it, and alternatives for improving opportunities for underrepresented groups—in higher education today. Its starting point is California’s Proposition 209, which ended race-based affirmative action in public education and the workplace in 1996. The book carefully considers how Proposition 209 reflects national trends that have changed higher education policy and practice, from admissions to student diversity to standards. With a roster of leading scholars and administrators—including Chancellor Robert Birgeneau of the University of California, Berkeley, and President Mary Sue Coleman of the University of Michigan—Equal Opportunity in Higher Education ... Read more
This timely book examines issues pertaining to equal opportunity—affirmative action, challenges to it, and alternatives for improving opportunities for underrepresented groups—in higher education today. Its starting point is California’s Proposition 209, which ended race-based affirmative action in public education and the workplace in 1996. The book carefully considers how Proposition 209 reflects national trends that have changed higher education policy and practice, from admissions to student diversity to standards. With a roster of leading scholars and administrators—including Chancellor Robert Birgeneau of the University of California, Berkeley, and President Mary Sue Coleman of the University of Michigan—Equal Opportunity in Higher Education ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Harvard Educational Publishing Group United States
Condition
New
Number of Pages
300
Format
Paperback
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United States
ISBN
9781934742723
SKU
V9781934742723
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Ref
99-3
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