Author: Wyoming Higher Education CouncilPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education, Higher
Languages : en
Pages : 79
Book Description
A Study of Five Program Areas Within Higher Education Institutions in the State of Wyoming
Author: Wyoming Higher Education CouncilPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education, Higher
Languages : en
Pages : 79
Book Description
Resources in Education
Author: Higher Education in Wyoming
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Universities and colleges
Languages : en
Pages : 58
Book Description
A Study of Higher Education in Wyoming
Author: University of Wyoming. Steering Committee for the Study of Higher Education in WyomingPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education, Higher
Languages : en
Pages : 14
Book Description
Mismatch
Author: Richard SanderPublisher: Basic Books
ISBN: 0465030017
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
The debate over affirmative action has raged for over four decades, with little give on either side. Most agree that it began as noble effort to jump-start racial integration; many believe it devolved into a patently unfair system of quotas and concealment. Now, with the Supreme Court set to rule on a case that could sharply curtail the use of racial preferences in American universities, law professor Richard Sander and legal journalist Stuart Taylor offer a definitive account of what affirmative action has become, showing that while the objective is laudable, the effects have been anything but. Sander and Taylor have long admired affirmative action's original goals, but after many years of studying racial preferences, they have reached a controversial but undeniable conclusion: that preferences hurt underrepresented minorities far more than they help them. At the heart of affirmative action's failure is a simple phenomenon called mismatch. Using dramatic new data and numerous interviews with affected former students and university officials of color, the authors show how racial preferences often put students in competition with far better-prepared classmates, dooming many to fall so far behind that they can never catch up. Mismatch largely explains why, even though black applicants are more likely to enter college than whites with similar backgrounds, they are far less likely to finish; why there are so few black and Hispanic professionals with science and engineering degrees and doctorates; why black law graduates fail bar exams at four times the rate of whites; and why universities accept relatively affluent minorities over working class and poor people of all races. Sander and Taylor believe it is possible to achieve the goal of racial equality in higher education, but they argue that alternative policies -- such as full public disclosure of all preferential admission policies, a focused commitment to improving socioeconomic diversity on campuses, outreach to minority communities, and a renewed focus on K-12 schooling -- will go farther in achieving that goal than preferences, while also allowing applicants to make informed decisions. Bold, controversial, and deeply researched, Mismatch calls for a renewed examination of this most divisive of social programs -- and for reforms that will help realize the ultimate goal of racial equality.
Statistics of Land-grant Colleges and Universities
Author: United States. Office of EducationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agricultural colleges
Languages : en
Pages : 1130
Book Description
Vocational and Technical Education
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Federal aid to vocational education
Languages : en
Pages : 644
Book Description
Institutional Research Initiatives in Higher Education
Author: Nicolas A. ValcikPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1498711804
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
American higher education faces a challenging environment. Decreasing state appropriations, rising costs, and tightening budgets have left American colleges and universities scrambling to achieve their missions with ever more limited resources. Campus leaders have therefore increasingly relied upon institutional research and strategic planning departments to make transparent and rational decisions and to promote good stewardship of critical but finite resources. Institutional Research Initiatives in Higher Education illustrates the wealth of institutional research activities occurring in American higher education. Featuring chapters by a prominent mix of authors representing community colleges, traditional undergraduate institutions, land grant institutions, research and flagship universities, and state agencies, this book provides numerous insights into the contemporary challenges, innovative programs, and best practices in institutional research. With contributors from a variety of regions and types of institutions, each chapter provides rigorous analysis of campus-based research activities in areas such as strategic planning, admissions and enrollment management, assessment and compliance, and financial planning and budgeting. Like the departments it studies, Institutional Research Initiatives in Higher Education is an invaluable resource for university administrators, researchers, and policymakers alike.
Research in Education
Author: Bulletin
Author: United States. Office of EducationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 1052
Book Description