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Download full textKidder, 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
Collison, Michele N-K – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1992
A telephone survey of 1,170 African-American, Hispanic, and white 15 to 24 year olds found 50 percent saw race relations as "generally bad." Whites and minorities differed on perceptions of racial discrimination and affirmative action. Results confirm college administrators' feelings that racial division and intolerance persist on campus. Groups…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Affirmative Action, Blacks, College Students
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
Levine, David O. – 1979
Information on the participation of women and minorities in all fields and at most levels in American colleges and universities is presented, the condition of these underrepresented groups in the academic profession is examined, and future trends for the profession are projected. Enrollment data by type of institution, level of study, and various…
Descriptors: Academic Rank (Professional), Access to Education, Affirmative Action, College Faculty
Peer reviewedKeller, Edmond J. – Journal of State Government, 1988
Action is needed now to recruit and keep minorities in graduate education, so that we produce the engineers, scientists, and doctorates we need. Data on minority college and graduate school attendance are provided. (Author/BJV)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Affirmative Action, Attendance Patterns, College Students
Virginia State Dept. of Education, Richmond. – 1993
This monograph discusses issues and problems in enhancing the academic and financial preparation of minority students in Virginia for college. Practices contributing to the disproportionately low percentage of minority students prepared for college are identified including inadequate preparation of teachers to instruct students from diverse…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Affirmative Action, College Admission, College Bound Students
Carter, Deborah J.; Wilson, Reginald – 1996
This report provides an overview of the available racial and ethnic data on high school completion rates, college participation, college enrollment, degrees conferred, and employment in higher education for the period 1974-1994. Major data sources are reports of the U.S. Bureau of the Census and the National Center for Education Statistics. The…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, American Indians, Asian American Students, Asian Americans
