Affirmative Action and Diversity in Public Education: Legal Developments

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By Jody Feder (au)
Year: 2012
Pages: 30
Binding Paperback
ISBN 978-1-4578-4179-8

Product Code: 1457841797

Description

More than three decades after the Supreme Court ruling in Regents of the University of California v. Bakke, the diversity rationale for affirmative action in public education remains a topic of political and legal controversy. Many colleges and universities have implemented affirmative action policies not only to remedy past discrimination, but also to achieve a racially and ethnically diverse student body or faculty. However, federal courts began to question the Supreme Court rationale, unsettling expectations about whether diversity-based affirmative action in educational admissions and faculty hiring. Cotents of this report: (1) Introduction; (2) Historical Background; (3) Legal Developments: Student Diversity in Higher Education Admissions; Desegregation and Racial Diversity in Public Elementary, Secondary, and Magnet Schools (K-12); Faculty Diversity; (4) Conclusion. This is a print on demand report.

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