Selections from "In Defense of Affirmative Action.".

Bergmann, Barbara R.

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ERIC Number: EJ539462

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Publication Date: 1997

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Selections from "In Defense of Affirmative Action."

Bergmann, Barbara R.

Academe, v83 n1 p29-33 Jan-Feb 1997

Argues that if higher education is to get rid of affirmative action, it should first discontinue special admission of less qualified candidates who are admitted because they are athletes, alumni children, or the children of friends of administrators. Reports on a survey of 52 black college students concerning effects of affirmative action. (MSE)

Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Blacks, College Admission, College Faculty, Cultural Pluralism, Higher Education, Minority Groups, Selective Admission, Student Attitudes, Surveys, Teacher Selection

Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles

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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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