Death Of Affirmative Action

Author : Carter, J. Scott,Lippard, Cameron D.
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2021-07-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781529201123

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The Death of Affirmative Action? by Carter, J. Scott,Lippard, Cameron D. Pdf

Affirmative action in college admissions has been a polarizing policy since its inception, decried by some as unfairly biased and supported by others as a necessary corrective to institutionalized inequality. In recent years, the protected status of affirmative action has become uncertain, as legal challenges chip away at its foundations. This book looks through a sociological lens at both the history of affirmative action and its increasingly tenuous future. J. Scott Carter and Cameron D. Lippard first survey how and why so-called "colorblind" rhetoric was originally used to frame affirmative action and promote a political ideology. The authors then provide detailed examinations of a host of recent Supreme Court cases that have sought to threaten or undermine it. Carter and Lippard analyze why the arguments of these challengers have successfully influenced widespread changes in attitude toward affirmative action, concluding that the discourse and arguments over these policies are yet more unfortunate manifestations of the quest to preserve the racial status quo in the United States.

Author : J. Scott Carter,Cameron Lippard
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Minority college students
ISBN : 1529201160

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The Death of Affirmative Action? by J. Scott Carter,Cameron Lippard Pdf

Author : John Silvi
Publisher : Publish America
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2004-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1413756441

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Death of Affirmative Action by John Silvi Pdf

The Death of Affirmative Action: The Proposed Model for the Candidate Selection Process into Law School is recommended for U.S. law schools, Canadian law schools, U.S. government and courts, and various civil rights organizations both in support and non-support of affirmative action. All undergraduate college candidates and high school students seeking a college education and possibly a career in law or medicine will benefit from this book. It illustrates an exact science model in response to the U.S. Supreme Court ruling as announced in June 2003, "Grutter vs. Bollinger" (the Michigan Law School Admissions case), by which race must now be factored into the selection process for law school.

Author : Faye J. Crosby
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2004-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0300101295

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Affirmative Action is Dead by Faye J. Crosby Pdf

"This book answers this important question. It examines explanations put forth by social scientists, finding various degrees of truth in most of them. Some situate the problem in the policy itself, suggesting that affirmative action functions as a governmentally sanctioned form of reverse racism or sexism, or that is is ineffective or socially disruptive. Such explanations may sound plausible, but they are incorrect. Other explanations locate the problem in the people who react to the policy, citing studies that document the links between ignorance, prejudice, and opposition to affirmative action. Yet even well-informed egalitarian people sometimes oppose affirmative action.".

Author : Tim J. Wise
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780415950480

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Affirmative Action by Tim J. Wise Pdf

First Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Greg Robinson,Robert S. Chang
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2016-12-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781496810489

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Minority Relations by Greg Robinson,Robert S. Chang Pdf

The question of how relations between marginalized groups are impacted by their common and sometimes competing search for equal rights has become acutely important. Demographic projections make it easy now to imagine a future majority population of color in the United States. Minority Relations sets forth some of the issues involved in the interplay among members of various racial, ethnic, and sexual minorities. Robert S. Chang initiated the Intergroup Conflict and Cooperation Project and invited historian Greg Robinson to collaborate. The two brought together scholars from different backgrounds and disciplines to engage a set of interrelated questions confronting groups generally considered minorities. This collection strives to stimulate further thinking and writing by social scientists, legal scholars, and policymakers on inter-minority connections. Particularly, scholars test the limits of intergroup cooperation and coalition building. For marginalized groups, coalition building seems to offer a pathway to addressing economic discrimination and reaching some measure of justice with regard to opportunities. The need for coalitions also acknowledges a democratic process in which racialized groups face significant difficulty gaining real political power, despite such legislation as the Voting Rights Act.

Author : Jeb Kinnison
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2016-10-08
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0996183345

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Death by HR by Jeb Kinnison Pdf

Preliminary. Traces the effect of affirmative action and diversity dictates on organizational productivity by eroding accountability. The result has been stagnation and a decline in general competence, especially in government and highly-regulated sectors like healthcare and banking.

Author : Jamillah Moore
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2005-02-17
Category : Education
ISBN : 0786419849

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Race and College Admissions by Jamillah Moore Pdf

Affirmative action was meant to redress the lingering vestiges of the discrimination and exclusion so prominent in America's past and afford underrepresented groups the opportunities most take for granted. Its impact on higher learning has been immeasurable: diversity is part of the mission of most colleges and universities, and exposure to a variety of ethnicities, cultures and perspectives benefits all. Yet institutions are scrambling to reevaluate their mission and methods as courts mandate colorblind admissions and affirmative action is misconstrued and attacked as reverse discrimination, patronizing and insulting to minorities, or simply unnecessary. Diversity has plummeted on many campuses as a result, and elite institutions now struggle to enroll underrepresented groups. Discussions of the controversy reflect little understanding of the role of race in college admissions, ignore the fact that eligibility does not guarantee admission, and falsely cast affirmative action as a policy based on race alone. This assessment of the role of race in college admissions examines misconceptions surrounding affirmative action and the place of race in the admission process. Chapters explore declining diversity; the effect upon professional schools; the historical perspective of the subject; the courts' role in affirmative action; inequities in the admissions process; percentage plans as an alternative; the detrimental results of "colorblind" admissions; and ways to address the problem.

Author : United States Commission on Civil Rights
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Affirmative action programs in education
ISBN : HARVARD:32044110609419

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Affirmative Action in American Law Schools by United States Commission on Civil Rights Pdf

A briefing before the United States Commission on Civil Rights, held in Washington, D.C., June 16, 2006.

Author : Carl Cohen,James P. Sterba
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Affirmative action programs
ISBN : UOM:39015071521671

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Affirmative Action and Racial Preference by Carl Cohen,James P. Sterba Pdf

Cohen and Sterba, two contemporary philosophers in sharp opposition, debate the value of affirmative action and racial preference. They defend thier views with analysis and commentay on landmark cases - including the decisions of the United States Supreme Court and the University of Michigan admissions cases, Gratz and Grutter.

Author : Henry A. Giroux
Publisher : Haymarket Books
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2019-12-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781642590920

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Neoliberalism's War on Higher Education by Henry A. Giroux Pdf

An accessible examination of neoliberalism and its effects on higher education and America, by the author of American Nightmare. Neoliberalism’s War on Higher Education reveals how neoliberal policies, practices, and modes of material and symbolic violence have radically reshaped the mission and practice of higher education, short-changing a generation of young people. Giroux exposes the corporate forces at play and charts a clear-minded and inspired course of action out of the shadows of market-driven education policy. Championing the youth around the globe who have dared to resist the bartering of their future, he calls upon public intellectuals—as well as all people concerned about the future of democracy—to speak out and defend the university as a site of critical learning and democratic promise. “Giroux has focused his keen intellect on the hostile corporate takeover of higher education in North America . . . .He is relentless in his defense of a society that requires its citizenry to place its cultural, political, and economic institutions in context so they can be interrogated and held truly accountable. We are fortunate to have such a prolific writer and deep thinker to challenge us all.”―Karen Lewis, President, Chicago Teachers Union “No one has been better than . . . Giroux at analyzing the many ways in which neoliberalism . . . has damaged the American economy and undermined its democratic processes.”―Bob Herbert, Distinguished Senior Fellow at Demos “Giroux . . . dares us to reevaluate the significance of public pedagogy as integral to any viable notion of democratic participation and social responsibility. Anybody who is remotely interested in the plight of future generations must read this book.”―Dr. Brad Evans, Director, Histories of Violence website

Author : Julie J. Park
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2013-07-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780813561707

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When Diversity Drops by Julie J. Park Pdf

Julie J. Park examines how losing racial diversity in a university affects the everyday lives of its students. She uses a student organization, the InterVarsity Christian Fellowship (IVCF) at “California University,” as a case study to show how reductions in racial diversity impact the ability of students to sustain multiethnic communities. The story documents IVCF’s evolution from a predominantly white group that rarely addressed race to the most racially diverse campus fellowship at the university. However, its ability to maintain its multiethnic membership was severely hampered by the drop in black enrollment at California University following the passage of Proposition 209, a statewide affirmative action ban. Park demonstrates how the friendships that students have—or do not have—across racial lines are not just a matter of personal preference or choice; they take place in the contexts that are inevitably shaped by the demographic conditions of the university. She contends that a strong organizational commitment to diversity, while essential, cannot sustain racially diverse student subcultures. Her work makes a critical contribution to our understanding of race and inequality in collegiate life and is a valuable resource for educators and researchers interested in the influence of racial politics on students’ lives.

Author : Martin J. Sweet
Publisher : University of Virginia Press
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2010-11-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780813930770

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Merely Judgment by Martin J. Sweet Pdf

Merely Judgment uses affirmative action in government contracting, legislative vetoes, flag burning, hate speech, and school prayer as windows for understanding how Supreme Court decisions send signals regarding the Court’s policy preferences to institutions and actors (such as lower courts, legislatures, executive branches, and interest groups), and then traces the responses of these same institutions and actors to Court decisions. The lower courts nearly always abide by Supreme Court precedent, but, to a surprising degree, elected branches and other institutions avoid complying with Supreme Court decisions. To explain the persistence of unconstitutional policies and legislation, Sweet isolates the ability of institutions to derail the litigation process. Merely Judgment explores the mechanisms by which litigants and their peers have escaped from the clutches of litigation and thus effectively ignored, evaded, and trumped the Supreme Court.

Author : Laura Dudley Jenkins,Michele S. Moses
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2014-04-04
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781317748465

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Affirmative Action Matters by Laura Dudley Jenkins,Michele S. Moses Pdf

Affirmative Action Matters focuses specifically on affirmative action policies in higher education admissions, the sphere that has been the most controversial in many of the nations that have such policies. It brings together distinguished scholars from diverse nations to examine and discuss the historical, political and philosophical contexts of affirmative action and clarify policy developments to further the meaningful equality of educational opportunity. This unique volume includes both well established and emerging policies from the Americas, Europe, Africa, and Asia, policies which developed under a variety of political systems and target a range of underrepresented groups, based on race, ethnicity, gender, class, social background, or region. Accessible and thought provoking case studies of affirmative action demonstrate that such policies are expanding to different countries and target populations. While some countries, such as India, have affirmative action policies that predate those in the United States, affirmative action is a recent development in countries such as Brazil and France. Legal or political pressures to move away from explicitly race-based policies in several countries have complicated affirmative action and make this assessment of international alternatives particularly timely. New or newly modified policies target a variety of disadvantaged groups, based on geography, class, or caste, in addition to race or sex. International scholars in six countries spanning five continents offer insights into their own countries’ experiences to examine the implications of policy shifts from race toward other categories of disadvantage, to consider best practices in student admission policies, and to assess the future of affirmative action.

Author : James Curtis
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2009-12-18
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780472025022

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Affirmative Action in Medicine by James Curtis Pdf

Affirmative action programs have significantly changed American medicine for the better, not only in medical school admissions and access to postgraduate training but also in bringing a higher quality of health care to all people. James L. Curtis approaches this important transition from historical, statistical, and personal perspectives. He tells how over the course of his medical education and career as a psychiatrist and professor--often as the first or only African American in his cohort--the status of minorities in the medical professions grew from a tiny percentage to a far more equitable representation of the American population. Advancing arguments from his earlier book, Blacks, Medical Schools, and Society, Curtis evaluates the outcomes of affirmative action efforts over the past thirty years. He describes formidable barriers to minority access to medical-education opportunities and the resulting problems faced by minority patients in receiving medical treatment. His progress report includes a review of two thousand minority students admitted to U.S. medical schools in 1969, following them through graduation and their careers, comparing them with the careers of two thousand of their nonminority peers. These samples provide an important look at medical schools that, while heralding dramatic progress in physician education and training opportunity, indicates much room for further improvement. A basic hurdle continues to face African Americans and other minorities who are still confined to segregated neighborhoods and inferior school systems that stifle full scholastic development. Curtis urges us as a nation to develop all our human resources through an expansion of affirmative action programs, thus improving health care for everyone. James L. Curtis is Clinical Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.