Comments on James Q. Wilson's Compromise on Affirmative Action in American Higher Education.

Murray, Charles; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ550127

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1997

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Comments on James Q. Wilson's Compromise on Affirmative Action in American Higher Education.

Murray, Charles; And Others

Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, n15 p105-08 Spr 1997

Provides responses from a small group of conservative scholars concerning the compromise proposed by Dr. James Q. Wilson indicating that the nation will allow some affirmative action in the form of race-based preferential admissions at the undergraduate level, but not in graduate programs. (GR)

Descriptors: Admission (School), Affirmative Action, Criticism, Educational Discrimination, Higher Education, Postsecondary Education, Public Policy, Selective Admission, Undergraduate Study

Publication Type: Collected Works - General; Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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