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"The Shape of the River" (1). The Case for Racial Preferences [Book Review].
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Glazer, Nathan – Public Interest, 1999
W. Bowen and D. Bok analyze new data from the Mellon Foundation on the question of racial preferences in college admissions. Bowen and Bok assert that the institutions should decide admissions policy, that the autonomy of the college is one of the virtues of U.S. higher education. (SLD)
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, College Admission, College Applicants, Decision Making
"The Shape of the River" (2) : California Racial Preferences [Book Review].
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Trow, Martin – Public Interest, 1999
Draws attention to some of the unexamined assumptions on which W. Bowen and D. Bok base their analysis and considers some of the unintended, and often undesired, consequences of racial preferences in college admissions. (SLD)
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, College Admission, College Applicants, Decision Making