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Record Nr.

UNINA9910827154803321

Autore

Sterba James P

Titolo

Affirmative action for the future / / James P. Sterba

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ithaca, N. Y., : Cornell University Press, c2009

ISBN

0-8014-5760-2

0-8014-5884-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 132 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Cornell paperbacks

Disciplina

342.7308/5

Soggetti

Affirmative action programs - Law and legislation - United States

Affirmative action programs - United States

Affirmative action programs in education - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Current racial and sexual discrimination -- A legal history of race-and sex-based affirmative action -- How best to define affirmative action -- A defense of outreach affirmative action -- A defense of remedial affirmative action -- Objections to remedial affirmative action -- A defense of diversity affirmative action -- Objections to diversity affirmative action -- Affirmative action around the world.

Sommario/riassunto

At a time when private and public institutions of higher education are reassessing their admissions policies in light of new economic conditions, Affirmative Action for the Future is a clarion call for the need to keep the door of opportunity open. In.