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Direct linkAlon, Sigal; Tienda, Marta – American Sociological Review, 2007
This article uses four data sets to assess changes in the relative weights of test- and performance-based merit criteria on college enrollment during the 1980s and 1990s and considers their significance for affirmative action. Our results support the "shifting meritocracy" hypothesis, revealed by selective postsecondary institutions'…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Diversity (Institutional), Affirmative Action, Weighted Scores
Download full textTienda, Marta – Educational Testing Service, 2009
This publication reproduces the keynote address delivered by the author at the annual conference of the American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education (AAHHE) in March 2009, in San Antonio, Texas. In her essay, the author discusses the significance of the growing Hispanic presence through the lens of education. To frame the challenges--and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Equal Education, Population Growth, Disproportionate Representation
