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Author Laird, Bob, 1939-

Title The case for affirmative action in university admissions / Bob Laird ; [with a foreword by Jesse Jackson].

Imprint Berkeley, Calif. : Bay Tree Pub., c2005.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  379.26 L144c 2005    ---  Available
Description xviii, 291 p. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-278) and index.
Contents Why it matters -- The core issue and the U.S. Supreme Court -- Dueling federal judges and the ensuing confusion -- Problems with early affirmative action policies -- Attacking those early policies -- Unprecedented policies : SP-1 and Proposition 209 -- Unprecedented consequences -- Pies in the sky : socio-economic affirmative action and percent plans -- More pie : outreach! transfer! -- Pogo : we have met the enemy -- Trouble ahead -- What admissions policy-makers can do.
Subject Discrimination in higher education.
Affirmative action programs in education.
Universities and colleges -- Admission.
ISBN 0972002146 (hbk.)
9780972002141 (hbk.)

 
    
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