| Description |
xix, 348 pages ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-302) and index. |
| Contents |
The idea of mismatch and why it matters -- A primer on affirmative action -- The discovery of the mismatch effect -- Law school mismatch -- The debate on law school mismatch -- The breadth of mismatch -- Proposition 209: the high road and the low road -- The warming effect -- Mismatch and the swelling ranks of graduates -- The hydra of preferences: the evasion of prop 209 at the University of California -- Why academics avoid honest debate about affirmative action -- Media, politics, and the accountability void -- The supreme court: rewarding opacity -- The George Mason affair -- Transparency and the California Bar affair -- Class, race, and the targeting of preferences -- Closing the test score gap: better parenting and K-12 education. |
| Summary |
Argues that affirmative action actually harms minority students and that the movement started in the late 1960s is only a symbolic change that has become mired in posturing, concealment, and pork-barrel earmarks. |
| Provenance |
Gift of Paul and Mary Haas. |
| Subject |
Affirmative action programs in education -- United States.
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Affirmative action programs in education. |
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United States. |
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Discrimination in education -- Law and legislation -- United States.
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Discrimination in education -- Law and legislation. |
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Universities and colleges -- United States -- Admission.
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Universities and colleges. |
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Educational equalization -- United States.
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Educational equalization. |
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Minorities -- Education (Higher) -- United States.
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Minorities -- Education (Higher) |
| Added Author |
Taylor, Stuart, Jr., 1948- author.
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| ISBN |
9780465029969 |
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0465029965 |
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