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Tiana Thompson – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This qualitative dissertation explored the challenges faced by African American students in a Career and Technical Education (CTE) Hospitality Program at a Historically Black Community College (HBCC) in Alabama. Framed by Social-Identity Theory, Critical Race Theory, and the Inclusive Excellence Framework, the study addressed the…
Descriptors: African American Students, Black Colleges, Career and Technical Education, Community College Students
Teranishi, Robert – National Commission on Asian American and Pacific Islander Research in Education, 2017
Asian Americans are increasingly a factor in the political life of the United States, which makes it important to gain an accurate rendering of their position on key social issues that impact the nation. One area where there is a lack of understanding about the position of Asian Americans is with the issue of affirmative action. The 80-20 National…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Public Opinion, Affirmative Action, College Admission
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de Oliveira, Clarissa Tochetto; Haddad, Emily Jean; Dias, Ana Cristina Garcia; Teixeira, Marco Antônio Pereira; Koller, Sílvia Helena – Journal of College Student Development, 2018
We tested differences in college adjustment between students admitted to a Brazilian undergraduate university through the standard entrance process (nonquota students), and those admitted under the affirmative action selection process (quota students). Participants consisted of 494 college students (27.1% quota students) from 2 public universities…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Foreign Countries, Student Adjustment, Undergraduate Students
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Davenport, Elizabeth K.; Howard, Betty; Harrington Weston, Sonja – Alabama Journal of Educational Leadership, 2018
Some of the nation's most prominent colleges and universities have abandoned their affirmativeaction-based admission policies and adopted race-neutral affirmative action as a result of twolawsuits against the University of Michigan, which threaten the availability of undergraduate andgraduate program access to applicants of color. In this article,…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Court Litigation, College Admission, Universities
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Marin, Patricia; Horn, Catherine L.; Miksch, Karen; Garces, Liliana M.; Yun, John T. – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2018
As the political arena becomes increasingly polarized, the legal arena is playing a more important role in the creation of education policy in the United States. One critical stage in the legal process for such efforts is at briefing where "amici curiae," or friends-of-the-court, may introduce additional arguments for the court to…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Affirmative Action, Higher Education, College Admission
Park, Julie J. – Harvard Education Press, 2018
In "Race on Campus," Julie J. Park argues that there are surprisingly pervasive and stubborn myths about diversity on college and university campuses, and that these myths obscure the notable significance and admirable effects that diversity has had on campus life. Based on her analysis of extensive research and data about contemporary…
Descriptors: Diversity (Institutional), Colleges, Universities, Misconceptions
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Kamhi, Michelle Marder – Academic Questions, 2021
"Systemic racism" implies that racist policies are embedded in laws and institutions. That claim is patently false as evidenced by Americans having elected a biracial president for two terms and, more recently, a biracial vice president--not to mention blacks serving in the cabinet, in the highest ranks of the armed services, and in…
Descriptors: Racial Bias, Art Education, Affirmative Action, Educational Policy
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Dougherty, Kevin J.; Callender, Claire – Policy Reviews in Higher Education, 2020
England and the United States provide a very interesting pairing as countries with many similarities, but also instructive dissimilarities, with respect to their policies for higher education access and success. We focus on five key policy strands: student information provision; outreach from higher education institutions; student financial aid;…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Higher Education, Graduation, Educational Policy
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O'Meara, KerryAnn; Culpepper, Dawn; Templeton, Lindsey L. – Review of Educational Research, 2020
This narrative and integrative literature review synthesizes the literature on when, where, and how the faculty hiring process used in most American higher education settings operates with implicit and cognitive bias. The literature review analyzes the "four phases" of the faculty hiring process, drawing on theories from behavioral…
Descriptors: Diversity (Faculty), Teacher Selection, Higher Education, Gender Bias
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Felix, Eric R.; Trinidad, Adrián – International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), 2020
This article examines California's Student Equity Policy crafted by policymakers to "avoid an underclass of ethnic minorities" in higher education. We combine tenets from critical race theory, interest convergence, and color-evasiveness to qualitatively interrogate 17 policy documents including chaptered bills, legislative mandates, and…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Racial Differences, Educational Policy, Higher Education
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Lowery, Kendra – Leadership and Policy in Schools, 2021
The recollections of sixteen African American administrators who were some of the first hired in de/segregated school districts in the North are analyzed in order to understand their work lives and experiences in district processes. Findings are analyzed through the lens of workforce diversity perspectives. Five themes emerged from the data…
Descriptors: African Americans, Administrators, Administrator Attitudes, Reflection
Anthony B. Sullers Jr. – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between race/ethnicity and the college degree attainment of underrepresented racial minority (URM) students receiving a merit-aid scholarship. Using an institutional database from a highly selective public university, multiple statistical techniques were conducted to examine how degree…
Descriptors: College Students, Minority Group Students, Disproportionate Representation, Race
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Harris, Zackary – Journal of Student Affairs, New York University, 2019
The primary focus of affirmative action is attempting to correct unjust discrimination that has occurred over an extended period of history. The focus of this research will primarily be on affirmative action in higher education. The primary method of implementation has been through admissions practices that utilize racial identity as a factor in…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Higher Education, College Admission, Admission Criteria
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Garces, Liliana M.; Bilyalov, Darkhan – Teachers College Record, 2019
Background/Context: Seeking to avoid litigation or a legal threat, many postsecondary institutions are responding to a legal and policy environment that seeks to end the consideration of race in education policies by adopting race-neutral policies and practices in admissions, even when not explicitly required to do so by law. Yet, such responses…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Postsecondary Education, College Administration, Ethnic Diversity
Caue de Castro Dobbin – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This dissertation is a collection of three essays in Public Economics. The first chapter studies the optimal design of student loans as a lever to foster the inclusion of poor students in private colleges in Brazil. The second chapter delves into understanding the consequences of affirmative action as a tool to increase the participation of…
Descriptors: Economics, Economic Factors, Educational Finance, Student Loan Programs
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