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Author:
Okechukwu, Amaka, author.
Title:
To fulfill these rights : political struggle over affirmative action and open admissions / Amaka Okechukwu.
Publisher:
Columbia University Press,
Copyright Date:
2019
Description:
xvi, 309 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subject:
Discrimination in higher education--United States.
Affirmative action programs in education--United States.
Universities and colleges--Open admission--United States.
Universities and colleges--United States--Admission.
Minorities--Education (Higher)--United States.
Affirmative action programs in education.
Discrimination in higher education.
Minorities--Education (Higher)
Universities and colleges--Admission.
Universities and colleges--Open admission.
United States.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
A right of post-war citizenship : the emergence of mass higher education and race-and-class inclusive admissions -- Legal mobilization : racial political strategy and affirmative action retrenchment in the federal courts -- Board votes and ballot initiatives : racial political strategy in trustee decision-making and state elections -- A force of nature : student resistance to policy elimination -- The limitations of diversity : defensive innovation after the end of affirmative action and open admissions.
ISBN:
0231183097
9780231183093
0231183089
9780231183086
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1064706446
LCCN:
2019008025
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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