TY - BOOK AU - Laird,Bob TI - The case for affirmative action in university admissions SN - 0972002146 (hbk.) AV - LC212.42 .L35 2005 U1 - 379.2/6 22 PY - 2005/// CY - Berkeley, Calif. PB - Bay Tree Pub. KW - Discrimination in higher education KW - United States KW - Affirmative action programs in education KW - Universities and colleges KW - Admission N1 - 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 UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip053/2004026322.html ER -