Author: California. Legislature. Assembly
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bills, Legislative
Languages : en
Pages : 1168
Book Description
Assembly Bill
Author: California. Legislature. Assembly
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bills, Legislative
Languages : en
Pages : 1168
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bills, Legislative
Languages : en
Pages : 1168
Book Description
Mismatch
Author: Richard Sander
Publisher: 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.
Publisher: 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.
Journal of the Senate, Legislature of the State of California
Author: California. Legislature. Senate
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 1560
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 1560
Book Description
Assembly Final History
Author: California. Legislature. Assembly
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 1412
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 1412
Book Description
Annual Report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the State of the Finances [with Accompanying Tables].
Author: United States. Department of the Treasury
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Finance, Public
Languages : en
Pages : 1104
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Finance, Public
Languages : en
Pages : 1104
Book Description
Annual Report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the State of the Finances for the Year
Author: United States. Department of the Treasury
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Finance, Public
Languages : en
Pages : 1358
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Finance, Public
Languages : en
Pages : 1358
Book Description
Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications
Author: United States. Superintendent of Documents
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1250
Book Description
February issue includes Appendix entitled Directory of United States Government periodicals and subscription publications; September issue includes List of depository libraries; June and December issues include semiannual index
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1250
Book Description
February issue includes Appendix entitled Directory of United States Government periodicals and subscription publications; September issue includes List of depository libraries; June and December issues include semiannual index
Senate Bill
Author: California. Legislature. Senate
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bills, Legislative
Languages : en
Pages : 1408
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bills, Legislative
Languages : en
Pages : 1408
Book Description
Statistical Appendix to Annual Report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the State of the Finances
Author: United States. Department of the Treasury
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Finance, Public
Languages : en
Pages : 1096
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Finance, Public
Languages : en
Pages : 1096
Book Description
Senate Final History
Author: California. Legislature. Senate
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 1400
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 1400
Book Description