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Paguyo, Christina H.; Moses, Michele S. – Peabody Journal of Education, 2011
This article explores how race-conscious education policy is interpreted in the political landscape of a "postracial" America. Based on a qualitative media analysis of the press coverage surrounding Amendment 46, an antiaffirmative action initiative, we examine language, statistics, and messages leveraged by advocates and critics of the…
Descriptors: Race, Democracy, Affirmative Action, Educational Opportunities
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Farley, Amy N.; Gaertner, Matthew N.; Moses, Michele S. – Harvard Educational Review, 2013
In this article, Amy N. Farley, Matthew N. Gaertner, and Michele S. Moses examine the use of ballot initiatives as a particularly attractive form of direct democracy for opponents of affirmative action in higher education. Building on previous scholarship, the authors question whether anti-affirmative ballot initiatives validly reflect voters'…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Voting, Activism, Democracy