Colleges Have Done a Bad Job of Explaining Affirmative Action to Students, Critics Say.

Collison, Michele N-K

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ERIC Number: EJ439834

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1992

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Colleges Have Done a Bad Job of Explaining Affirmative Action to Students, Critics Say.

Collison, Michele N-K

Chronicle of Higher Education, v38, n22 pA37-A38 Feb 5 1992

Admissions offices of colleges trying to increase undergraduate student diversity are being criticized for failing to explain their affirmative action policies to prospective students and their parents, resulting in a backlash against affirmative action as white students fear reverse discrimination. (DB)

Descriptors: Affirmative Action, College Admission, College Applicants, College Choice, Educational Policy, Higher Education, Racial Discrimination, Student Attitudes, Student College Relationship, Student Recruitment

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Audience: Administrators; Practitioners

Language: English

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