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Kidder, William C. – Civil Rights Project / Proyecto Derechos Civiles, 2012
One of the important arguments by critics of affirmative action is that it actually hurts the students it is supposed to help by subjecting them to the "stigma" of being admitted under policies explicitly seeking campus diversity. Such students, this theory argues, must feel embarrassed and uncomfortable as a result and would prefer to…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, African American Students, Race, Campuses
Bowen, William G.; Bok, Derek – 1998
This book examines issues of race in college admission through analysis of data from the College and Beyond database, a study of the college careers and subsequent lives of over 45,000 students of all races who had attended academically selective universities between the 1970s and early 1990s. The book examines how much race-sensitive admissions…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, College Admission, Decision Making, Educational Policy
Lerner, Robert; Nagai, Althea K. – 1998
This study examined the extent to which racial and ethnic preferences were used in the admissions policies of six North Carolina public universities ranging from the most to the least selective. Data were collected on applicants, admittees, rejectees, and enrollees regarding racial or ethnic group, SAT scores, and high school grade point averages.…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Asian Americans, Black Students, College Admission
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Ramsey, Henry, Jr. – Journal of Legal Education, 1980
Because of concern over possible retrenchment by law schools to increase minority representation since the Bakke decision, a survey of affirmative action programs in law school admissions was undertaken. The results indicate that the majority, at least outside the South, read the Bakke opinions as permitting such programs. (JMD)
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Affirmative Action, College Admission, Enrollment
California State Postsecondary Education Commission, Sacramento. – 1980
The effectiveness of institutional, state, and federal efforts to expand educational participation in California is examined in this third of a three-report series on equal opportunity in California postsecondary education. The purposes of this report are to: (1) review the progress made during the past five years, (2) identify the barriers to…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Affirmative Action, American Indians, College Students