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Koh, Aaron – British Journal of Educational Studies, 2021
This paper highlights how a small group of minority students worked to take advantage of the privileges available once they were admitted to an elite school. The argument proposed is that, unlike their more privileged peers, minority students who have made it through the gateways of elite schools have to work out a salvation of privilege to level…
Descriptors: Advantaged, Institutional Characteristics, Minority Group Students, Academic Aspiration
Yu, Chong Ho – Online Submission, 2005
This article is a critique of the Dworkinian theory of fairness in the context of Affirmative Action. Although Dworkin committed tremendous endeavors in an attempt to give a fairness argument backed by an empirical study, the question of whether affirmative action is fair remains inconclusive. The sample used in the study is unrepresentative, and…
Descriptors: College Admission, Foreign Countries, Racial Factors, Equal Education