The case for affirmative action in university admissions / Bob Laird ; [with a foreword by Jesse Jackson].
Publication details: Berkeley, Calif. : Bay Tree Pub., c2005.Description: xviii, 291 p. ; 24 cmISBN:- 0972002146 (hbk.)
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- LC212.42 .L35 2005
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-278) and index.
Why it matters -- The core issue and the U.S. Supreme Court -- Dueling federal judges and the ensuing confusion -- Problems with early affirmative action policies -- Attacking those early policies -- Unprecedented policies : SP-1 and Proposition 209 -- Unprecedented consequences -- Pies in the sky : socio-economic affirmative action and percent plans -- More pie : outreach! transfer! -- Pogo : we have met the enemy -- Trouble ahead -- What admissions policy-makers can do.
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