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This article examines the specific historical experiences of minority students at the University of Michigan from 1970 to the late 1990s, in order to provide a context for understanding and appreciating the ways in which affirmative action remedies should address patterns of past discrimination.

Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Affirmative Action, Minority Groups, Racial Discrimination

Race, Meritocracy, and the American Academy during the Immediate Post-World War II Era.

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Anderson, James D. – History of Education Quarterly, 1993

Discusses the initial integration of African American scholars into U.S. higher educational institutions after World War II. Concludes that the practices of the post-World War II era placed a badge of inferiority on African American scholars at traditionally white universities that continues today. (CFR)

Descriptors: Access to Education, Black Culture, Black History, Black Institutions

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African American Students	1
Black Culture	1
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Black Institutions	1
Blacks	1
Court Litigation	1
Faculty Integration	1
Higher Education	1
Minority Groups	1
Racial Bias	1
Racial Relations	1
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Student Attitudes	1
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