NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 2 results Save | Export
Elizabeth Setren – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2024
School assignment policies are a key lever to increase access to high performing schools and to promote racial and socioeconomic integration. For over 50 years, the Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity (METCO) has bussed students of color from Boston, Massachusetts to relatively wealthier and predominantly White suburbs. Using a…
Descriptors: Busing, Racial Integration, School Desegregation, Desegregation Effects
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Garces, Liliana M. – Journal of Higher Education, 2012
In today's increasingly diverse society, the legitimacy and strength of the democratic form of government depends on equitable access to graduate and professional education for individuals from all races and ethnicities. Yet, despite recent increases in enrollment, students of color remain severely underrepresented in graduate and professional…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Affirmative Action, Professional Education, Disproportionate Representation