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Title Diversity challenged : evidence on the impact of affirmative action / edited by Gary Orfield, with Michal Kurlaender.

Imprint Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard Education Pub. Group, c2001.

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 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  379.26 D641    ---  Available
Description vii, 307 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Note "The Civil Rights Projects, Harvard University"--T.p.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents Introduction / Gary Orfield -- Student diversity and higher learning / Neil L. Rudenstine -- Policy framework for reconceptualizing the legal debate concerning affirmative action in higher education / Scott R. Palmer -- Diversity and affirmative action : evolving principles and continuing legal battles / Scott R. Palmer -- Maximizing the benefits of student diversity : lessons from school desegregation research / Janet Ward Schofield -- Is diversity a compelling educational interest? Evidence from Louisville / Michal Kurlaender and John T. Yun -- Diversity and legal education : student experiences in leading law schools / Gary Orfield and Dean Whitla -- Positive educational effects of racial diversity on campus / Mitchell J. Chang -- Linking diversity and educational purpose : how diversity affects the classroom environment and student development / Sylvia Hurtado -- Impact of affirmative action on medical education and the nation's health / Timothy Ready -- Racial differences in the effects of college quality and student body diversity on wages / Kermit Daniel, Dan A. Black, and Jeffrey Smith -- Increasing diversity benefits : how campus climate and teaching methods affect student outcomes / Jeffrey F. Milem -- Faculty experience with diversity : a case study of Macalester College / Roxane Harvey Gudeman -- Reflections on affirmative action : its origins, virtues, enemies, champions, and prospects / Paul M. Gaston.
Subject Minorities -- Education (Higher)
Affirmative action programs.
Universities and colleges -- Sociological aspects.
Multicultural education.
Added Author Orfield, Gary.
Kurlaender, Michal.
Civil Rights Project (Harvard University)
ISBN 1891792024 (pbk.)

 
    
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