| Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 323 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; About the Author; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I -- Introduction; Chapter 1 -- The Search for an Alternative Affirmative Action Policy in American Higher Education; Part II -- The Problem; Chapter 2 -- Affirmative Action in American Higher Education: A Story About Race; Chapter 3 -- Social, Economic, and Academic Trends and Their Impact on Inequality in Higher Education; Chapter 4 -- Broad Diversity at Elite Colleges; Part III -- Class-Based Affirmative Action; Chapter 5 -- What Is Class-Based Affirmative Action? |
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Chapter 6 -- Israel: Contours of Inequality, Higher Education, and Class-Based Affirmative Action at the Elite UniversitiesPart IV -- Implications for Feasibility and Diversity; Chapter 7 -- The Feasibility and Diversity Dividends of Affirmative Action Policy in Israel; Chapter 8 -- The Feasibility and Diversity Dividends of Affirmative Action Policy in the United States; Part V -- Implications for Academic Outcomes and Mobility; Chapter 9 -- The Academic Outcomes and Mobility Dividends of Affirmative Action Policy in Israel |
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Chapter 10 -- The Academic Outcomes and Mobility Dividends of Affirmative Action Policy in the United StatesPart VI -- Insights from a Comparative Outlook; Chapter 11 -- Race, Class, and Affirmative Action; Appendix; Notes; References; Index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-312) and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed November 3, 2015) |
| Subject |
Affirmative action programs in education -- United States
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Affirmative action programs in education -- Israel
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Minority college students -- United States
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Low-income college students -- Israel
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Education, Higher -- Social aspects -- United States
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Education, Higher -- Social aspects -- Israel
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
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Affirmative action programs in education
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Education, Higher -- Social aspects
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Low-income college students
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Minority college students
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Israel
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781610448543 |
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1610448545 |
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