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Download full textTorian, Sarah; West, Alexandra; Williams, Janelle – Annie E. Casey Foundation, 2019
Since 2001, the Annie E. Casey Foundation has been working with Atlanta's Southside communities to transform high-poverty city neighborhoods and help low-income families and children succeed. While some progress is being made, the gap between Atlanta's haves and have-nots remains immense. This report -- which is a follow-up to Casey's…
Descriptors: Poverty, Disadvantaged Environment, Barriers, Minority Groups
Direct linkFrisancho Robles, Veronica C.; Krishna, Kala – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2012
Affirmative action policies in higher education are used in many countries to try to socially advance historically disadvantaged minorities. Although the underlying social objectives of these policies are rarely criticized, there is intense debate over the actual impact of such preferences in higher education on educational performance and labor…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Majors (Students), Higher Education, Social Class
