Equal opportunity in higher education : the past and future of California's Proposition 209 /

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Other Authors: Grodsky, Eric., Kurlaender, Michal.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, MA : Harvard Education Press, c2010.
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Table of Contents:
  • Ch. 1. Introduction : Proposition 209 and the national debate on affirmative action / Christopher Edley Jr., with Ana Henderson, Michal Kurlaender, and Eric Grodsky
  • ch. 2. Interpreting Proposition 209 and California's developing case law on affirmative action / Jeffrey L. Bleich and Mark R. Conrad
  • ch. 3. The demography of higher education in the wake of affirmative action / Eric Grodsky and Michal Kurlaender
  • Policy comment / Fabian Núñez
  • ch. 4. Investigating the college destinations of University of California freshman admits / Susan A. Wilbur
  • ch. 5. A portrait of underrepresented minorities at the University of California, 1994-2008 / Tongshan Chang and Heather Rose
  • ch. 6. The role of community colleges in promoting student diversity in California
  • Policy comment / Mary Sue Coleman
  • ch. 7. The quest for excellence and diversity in UC freshman admissions / Michael T. Brown, Mark Rashid, and David Stern
  • ch. 8. The effectiveness of California standards tests as alternatives to the SAT in predicting freshman grades / Samuel J. Agronow and Catherine Horn
  • ch. 9. Building educational field stations to promote diversity and access in higher education / Hugh Mehan, Gail Kaufman, Cecil Lytle, Karen Hunter Quartz, and Rhona S. Weinstein
  • ch. 10. Lessons about college admissions from the Texas top 10 percent law / Marta Tienda
  • Policy comment / Peter Schmidt
  • ch. 11. Toward equal opportunity in higher education / Michal Kurlaender and Eric Grodsky.