Defending diversity : affirmative action at the University of Michigan /

Defending diversity : affirmative action at the University of Michigan /

"Even as lawsuits challenging its admissions policies made their way through the courts, the University of Michigan carried the torch for affirmative action in higher education." "The University's position on affirmative action was vindicated in June 2003, when the Supreme Court...

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Other Authors: Gurin, Patricia
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Ann Arbor, Mich. : [Bristol : University of Michigan Press ; University Presses Marketing, distributor], c2004.
Subjects:
Universities and colleges > United States > Admission.
Minority college students > Recruiting > United States.
Affirmative action programs > United States.
Universities and colleges > Michigan > Ann Arbor > Admission.
Universities and colleges > Admission > Law and legislation > United States.
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Table of contents
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / Nancy Cantor
  • Why History Remains a Factor in the Search for Racial Equality / Earl Lewis
  • The Evolving Language of Diversity and Integration in Discussions of Affirmative Action from Bakke to Grutter / Jeffrey S. Lehman
  • The Educational Value of Diversity / Patricia Gurin, Eric L. Dey, Gerald Gurin and Sylvia Hurtado
  • Afterword / Mary Sue Coleman.

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