Leveling the playing field : justice, politics, and college admissions / Robert K. Fullinwider and Judith Lichtenberg.
Material type: TextPublisher: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2004Description: xii, 267 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780742514119 (pbk.)
- 378.1610973 FUL 22 018562
- LB2351.2
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction. April is the cruellest month -- Demystifying merit -- The multiple missions of modern universities -- Open admissions and the community colleges -- How the academically rich get richer -- The test : understanding the SAT -- Admissions tests : uses, abuses, alternatives -- The SAT on trial -- Affirmative action and the legacy of Bakke -- Justifying affirmative action -- Sowing the seeds of higher education -- Summing up, looking ahead.
Includes information on Supreme Court cases: Regents of the University of California v. Bakke, Gratz v. Bollinger, and Grutter v. Bollinger.
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