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9781579221027

The Case for Affirmative Action on Campus

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  • ISBN13:

    9781579221027

  • ISBN10:

    1579221025

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2009-05-01
  • Publisher: Stylus Pub Llc

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Why is affirmative action under attack? What were the policys original purposes, and have they been achieved? What are the arguments being arrayed against it? Andfor all stakeholders concerned about equity and diversity on campus whats the way forward, politically, legally and practically? This book engages all these issues.

Table of Contents

List of Tables and Figuresp. ix
Forewordp. xi
Introductionp. 1
Navigating The Rocky Terrain of the Post-Civil Rights Erap. 9
The Language of Entitlement and Framing of Affirmative Actionp. 31
Accessing the Historical Repositories of Social and Cultural Capital in Higher Educationp. 52
From the Margins: Community College Student Opinions on Affirmative Actionp. 71
Access for Students with Disabilities: Infusing Affirmative Action in ADA Compliancep. 103
Social Justice, Remediation, and Disputes to Diversityp. 122
Affirming Acts for Increasing Access: Considerations for Policy, Practice, and Future Inquiryp. 136
Conflict, Diversity, and Activist Leadershipp. 164
Afterwordp. 202
Referencesp. 207
Timeline of Affirmative Action Legislative and Judicial Developmentsp. 245
Official Ballot Language Michigan Proposal 06-2p. 251
State of Michigan Constitutional Amendmentp. 252
Instructional Supplementp. 255
Instructional Supplementp. 295
Instructional Supplementp. 302
About the Authorsp. 309
Indexp. 313
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