Affirmative Action and Diversity in Public Education
Author | : Jody Feder |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 30 |
Release | : 2013-01-05 |
ISBN-10 | : 1457841797 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781457841798 |
Rating | : 4/5 (97 Downloads) |
Download or read book Affirmative Action and Diversity in Public Education written by Jody Feder and published by . This book was released on 2013-01-05 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than three decades after the Supreme Court ruling in Regents of the University of California v. Bakke, the diversity rationale for affirmative action in public education remains a topic of political and legal controversy. Many colleges and universities have implemented affirmative action policies not only to remedy past discrimination, but also to achieve a racially and ethnically diverse student body or faculty. However, federal courts began to question the Supreme Court rationale, unsettling expectations about whether diversity-based affirmative action in educational admissions and faculty hiring. Cotents of this report: (1) Introduction; (2) Historical Background; (3) Legal Developments: Student Diversity in Higher Education Admissions; Desegregation and Racial Diversity in Public Elementary, Secondary, and Magnet Schools (K-12); Faculty Diversity; (4) Conclusion. This is a print on demand report.