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D'Souza, Dinesh – 1991
This book addresses the issue of angry campus confrontations over issues of race, gender, and ethnicity, and more broadly, the dilemma of the college's and university's ability and desire to attain the goals of liberal education while also desiring to be "politically correct." It is noted that student activists have split the university…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Affirmative Action, Colleges, Conflict
Synnott, Marcia Graham – 1979
The origins, history, and final demise of discriminatory admissions policies at Harvard, Princeton and Yale are examined. It is reported that by the early 1920's the Big Three racial and religious quotas were fully operative in response to the influx of Jews, Catholics, and other new groups that threatened the hegemony of the old-stock Americans…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Access to Education, Admission Criteria, Affirmative Action
Thomas, Gail E., Ed. – 1981
The conditions and experiences of black students in higher education in the 1970s are addressed in 27 essays. The essays are categorized in terms of: history and profile; admissions and access; enrollment, academic experience, and career choice; black higher educational survival; recruitment and retention; and structural policies. Among the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Academic Persistence, Access to Education
