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Direct linkGrodsky, Eric, Ed.; Kurlaender, Michal, Ed. – Harvard Education Press, 2010
This timely book examines issues pertaining to equal opportunity--affirmative action, challenges to it, and alternatives for improving opportunities for underrepresented groups--in higher education today. Its starting point is California's Proposition 209, which ended race-based affirmative action in public education and the workplace in 1996. The…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Demography, Student Diversity, Affirmative Action
Peer reviewedHoney, Margaret, Ed.; Schweingruber, Heidi, Ed.; Brenner, Kerry, Ed.; Gonring, Phil, Ed. – National Academies Press, 2021
Scientific thinking and understanding are essential for all people navigating the world, not just for scientists and other science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) professionals. Knowledge of science and the practice of scientific thinking are essential components of a fully functioning democracy. Science is also crucial for the…
Descriptors: Science Education, STEM Education, Educational Opportunities, Access to Education
Setzekorn, Kristina, Ed.; Patnayakuni, Nainika, Ed.; Burton, Tina, Ed. – IGI Global, 2020
Education has until recently promoted social mobility, broad economic growth, and democracy. However, modern universities direct policy and resources toward criteria that exacerbate income inequality and reduce social mobility. Online education can make education more socially, geographically, temporally, and financially accessible, impacting the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Online Courses, Distance Education, Educational Technology
Winter, Frank H. – 1988
The history of Filipino immigrants to the United States and the contributions they have made to American society are discussed in this book which is part of a series for children. The Philippines is the only nation in Asia that is predominantly Christian and English-speaking. The country was a colony of the United States from 1896 to 1946, and…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Childrens Literature, Cultural Background, Economic Factors
Suarez-Orozco, Marcelo M., Ed.; Paez, Mariela M., Ed. – 2002
This book brings together leading scholars in the study of the Latino population in the United States. The papers include: "Introduction: The Research Agenda" (Marcelo M. Suarez-Orozco and Mariela M. Paez); (1) "`Y tu que?' (Y2K): Latino History in the New Millennium" (George J. Sanchez); (2) "Islands and Enclaves:…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Affirmative Action, Bilingualism, Citizenship Responsibility
