Author: California. Legislature. Assembly. Committee on Higher EducationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education, Higher
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
California Higher Education Finance
Author: California. Legislature. Assembly. Committee on Higher EducationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education, Higher
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
University Eligibility Study for the Class of 2003
Author: 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.
Moving the Goalposts
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Educational equalization
Languages : en
Pages : 22
Book Description
Resources in Education
Author: Research in Education
Author: Congressional Record
Author: United States. CongressPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1218
Book Description
The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record began publication in 1873. Debates for sessions prior to 1873 are recorded in The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (1789-1824), the Register of Debates in Congress (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873)
University Bulletin
Author: University of California (System)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
Current Methods and Future Prospects for Financing California Public Higher Education
Author: Agenda - California Postsecondary Education Commission
Author: California Postsecondary Education CommissionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education, Higher
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Issues for 1974- include minutes, recommendations, special reports, etc.