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Title Affirmative Action and Racial Equity : Considering the Fisher Case to Forge the Path Ahead / edited by Uma M. Jayakumar and Liliana M. Garces with Frank Fernandez
Published New York, NY ; Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2015

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Contents Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; Foreword; PART I Background and Evidence Submitted; 1 The Legal Context and Social Science Evidence in Fisher v. University of Texas; 2 Leadership, Citizenship, and Civic Capacity: The Imperative of Racial Diversity for Realizing Higher Education's Public Mission; 3 The Promise of Diversity in Remedying the Harms of Identity-Related Threats and Racial Isolation; 4 Tejas Es Diferente: UT Austin's Admissions Program in Light of Its Exclusionary History; 5 Access and Diversity at the University of California in the Post-Affirmative Action Era
PART II Lessons and Strategies Moving Forward6 The Mismatch Myth in U.S. Higher Education: A Synthesis of Empirical Evidence at the Law School and Undergraduate Levels; 7 Amplifying Asian American Presence: Contending With Dominant Racial Narratives in Fisher; 8 From Access to Outcomes: Considering the Texas Top Ten Percent Plan and Its Relationship to Student Persistence; 9 Walking the Diversity Rationale Talk: A Call to Institutions; 10 Reflections on the Diversity (Rationale) Literature: Examining the Potential and Need for Critical Diversity Research Praxis
Afterword: Working Collectively Toward Racial Equity in Higher Education PolicyContributors; Index
Summary The highly anticipated U.S. Supreme Court decision in Fisher v. University of Texas placed a greater onus on higher education institutions to provide evidence supporting the need for affirmative action policies on their respective campuses. It is now more critical than ever that institutional leaders and scholars understand the evidence in support of race consideration in admissions as well as the challenges of the post-Fisher landscape. This important volume shares information documented for the Fisher case and provides empirical evidence to help inform scholarly conversation and institutions'
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject University of Texas at Austin -- Trials, litigation, etc
SUBJECT University of Texas at Austin fast
Subject Affirmative action programs in education -- United States
Universities and colleges -- United States -- Admission
Discrimination in education -- Law and legislation -- United States
Minorities -- Education (Higher) -- United States
Educational equalization -- United States
Universities and colleges -- Admission -- Law and legislation -- Texas
Affirmative action programs in education -- Law and legislation -- Texas
EDUCATION -- Administration -- General.
EDUCATION -- Educational Policy & Reform -- General.
Affirmative action programs in education
Affirmative action programs in education -- Law and legislation
Discrimination in education -- Law and legislation
Educational equalization
Minorities -- Education (Higher)
Universities and colleges -- Admission
Universities and colleges -- Admission -- Law and legislation
Texas
United States
Genre/Form Electronic books
Trials, litigation, etc.
dissertations.
Academic theses.
Thèses et écrits académiques.
Form Electronic book
Author Jayakumar, Uma M., editor.
Garces, Liliana M., editor.
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