Publication Date
| In 2025 | 0 |
| Since 2024 | 0 |
| Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 1 |
| Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 2 |
| Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 3 |
Descriptor
| Affirmative Action | 3 |
| Educational Discrimination | 3 |
| Access to Education | 2 |
| Race | 2 |
| Racial Bias | 2 |
| State Legislation | 2 |
| Academic Records | 1 |
| Asian American Students | 1 |
| Budgets | 1 |
| Civil Rights | 1 |
| College Admission | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Publication Type
| Reports - Descriptive | 2 |
| Dissertations/Theses -… | 1 |
| Journal Articles | 1 |
Education Level
| Higher Education | 3 |
| Postsecondary Education | 2 |
Audience
Location
| California | 3 |
| California (Berkeley) | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
| Proposition 209 (California… | 3 |
| Brown v Board of Education | 1 |
| Grutter et al v Bollinger et… | 1 |
Assessments and Surveys
| SAT (College Admission Test) | 1 |
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Download full textDouglass, John Aubrey – Center for Studies in Higher Education, 2019
The following essay details a debate between UC Berkeley and a Regent who made charges of discrimination against Asian American students that are similar to the current legal challenges facing Harvard University. The crux of such charges: on average, that one racial or ethnic group is more "qualified" than other groups, often…
Descriptors: College Admission, College Entrance Examinations, Standardized Tests, Politics of Education
Direct linkZachary I. Bleemer – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Access to higher education is a key determinant of lifetime earnings in the U.S. Since the 1960s, selective public universities have admitted students mostly on the basis of standardized test scores and other measures of academic preparation. In this dissertation, I employ quasi-experimental and structural research designs to investigate the…
Descriptors: State Colleges, Diversity Equity and Inclusion, Educational Discrimination, Equal Education
Watson, Jamal – Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, 2007
Opponents of higher education affirmative action programs are gearing up to launch their largest attack in recent years. The planned assault comes in the wake of the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that severely limited the use of race in K-12 integration plans. It was Ward Connerly, the chairman of the American Civil Rights Institute, a…
Descriptors: Race, Civil Rights, Elementary Secondary Education, Affirmative Action
