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| ERIC #: | ED456190 |
| Title: | Diversity Challenged: Evidence on the Impact of Affirmative Action. |
| Authors: | Orfield, Gary, Ed. |
| Descriptors: | Affirmative Action; Civil Rights Legislation; College Admission; College Faculty; Court Litigation; Diversity (Student); Educational Environment; Educational Policy; Educational Quality; Educational Research; Elementary Secondary Education; Equal Opportunities (Jobs); Higher Education; Law Students; Legal Education (Professions); Medical Education; Minority Groups; Outcomes of Education; Politics of Education; Public Schools; Racial Differences; School Desegregation; Student Development; Teacher Attitudes; Wages |
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| Publisher: | Harvard Education Publishing Group, Harvard Graduate School of Education, 8 Story St., 5th floor, Cambridge, MA 02138 ($24.95). Tel: 800-513-0763 (toll free); Fax: 617-496-3584; e-mail: hepg@harvard.edu; Web site: http://www.gse.harvard.edu/~hepg/ |
| Publication Date: | 2001-00-00 |
| Pages: | 309 |
| Pub Types: | Books; Collected Works - General |
| Abstract: | This collection of papers explores research on how increasing minority enrollment changes and enriches the educational process. The papers are: (1) "Student Diversity and Higher Learning" (Neil L. Rudenstine); (2) "A Policy Framework for Reconceptualizing the Legal Debate Concerning Affirmative Action in Higher Education" (Scott R. Palmer); (3) "Diversity and Affirmative Action: Evolving Principles and Continuing Legal Battles" (Scott R. Palmer); (4) "Maximizing the Benefits of Student Diversity: Lessons from School Desegregation Research" (Janet Ward Schofield); (5) "Is Diversity a Compelling Educational Interest? Evidence from Louisville" (Michal Kurlaender and John T. Yun); (6) "Diversity and Legal Education: Student Experiences in Leading Law Schools" (Gary Orfield and Dean Whitla); (7) "The Positive Educational Effects of Racial Diversity on Campus" (Mitchell J. Chang); (8) "Linking Diversity and Educational Purpose: How Diversity Affects the Classroom Environment and Student Development" (Sylvia Hurtado); (9) "The Impact of Affirmative Action on Medical Education and the Nation's Health" (Timothy Ready); (10) "Racial Differences in the Effects of College Quality and Student Body Diversity on Wages" (Kermit Daniel, Dan A. Black, and Jeffrey Smith); (11) "Increasing Diversity Benefits: How Campus Climate and Teaching Methods Affect Student Outcomes" (Jeffrey F. Milem); (12) "Faculty Experience with Diversity: A Case Study of Macalester College" (Roxane Harvey Gudeman); and (13) "Reflections on Affirmative Action: Its Origins, Virtues, Enemies, Champions, and Prospects" (Paul M. Gaston). (Contains 49 endnotes and an author and subject index.) |
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| Note: | With Michal Kurlaendar. For individual chapters, see UD 034 366-379. |
| Identifiers: | Jefferson County Public Schools KY; Macalester College MN |
| Record Type: | Non-Journal |
| Level: | 1 - Available on microfiche |
| Institutions: | Harvard Civil Rights Project, Cambridge, MA. |
| Sponsors: | Ford Foundation, New York, NY.; Spencer Foundation, Chicago, IL.; John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Chicago, IL.; Mott (C.S.) Foundation, Flint, MI. |
| ISBN: | ISBN-1-891792-02-4 |
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| Languages: | English |
| Education Level: | Elementary Secondary Education; Higher Education |
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