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White, Lawrence – Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, 2015
A principle responsibility of a board member is to understand the environment in which his or her institution operates. Today, that environment includes a host of legal risks that every institution of higher education must be prepared to assess and proactively address. Colleges and universities work to contain and manage those risks through such…
Descriptors: Legal Problems, Sexual Abuse, Student Behavior, Risk
Bertrand, Marianne; Hanna, Rema; Mullainathan, Sendhil – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2008
Many countries mandate affirmative action in university admissions for traditionally disadvantaged groups. Little is known about either the efficacy or costs of these programs. This paper examines affirmative action in engineering colleges in India for "lower-caste" groups. We find that it successfully targets the financially…
Descriptors: Social Class, Negative Attitudes, Affirmative Action, Engineering Education