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Peer reviewedSternberg, Robert J. – Change, 2005
Might it be possible to achieve some or all of the goals of affirmative action through an approach based on an entirely different definition of the problem? This article says "yes." Its logic rests not upon an approach that creates informal quotas for identified groups, but instead on one aimed at discovering merit in people who are…
Descriptors: Merit Rating, Academic Achievement, Higher Education, Student Diversity
