Laird, Bob,  1939- <br/><br/>
The case for affirmative action in university admissions / 
Bob Laird ; [with a foreword by Jesse Jackson]. 
 - Berkeley, Calif. :  Bay Tree Pub.,  c2005. 
 - xviii, 291 p. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-278) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0972002146 (hbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Source: </label>1244569  QBI 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2004026322 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Discrimination in higher education--United States.<br/>Affirmative action programs in education--United States.<br/>Universities and colleges--Admission.--United States
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>LC212.42  / .L35 2005 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>379.2/6