Author: Washington (State). Council on Higher Education
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government aid to private schools
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
Washington Private Higher Education: Its Future and the Public's Interest
Author: Washington (State). Council on Higher Education
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government aid to private schools
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government aid to private schools
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
Washington Private Higher Education
Author: John M. Smart
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government aid to private schools
Languages : en
Pages : 251
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government aid to private schools
Languages : en
Pages : 251
Book Description
Mismatch
Author: Richard Sander
Publisher: Basic Books
ISBN: 0465030017
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
The debate over affirmative action has raged for over four decades, with little give on either side. Most agree that it began as noble effort to jump-start racial integration; many believe it devolved into a patently unfair system of quotas and concealment. Now, with the Supreme Court set to rule on a case that could sharply curtail the use of racial preferences in American universities, law professor Richard Sander and legal journalist Stuart Taylor offer a definitive account of what affirmative action has become, showing that while the objective is laudable, the effects have been anything but. Sander and Taylor have long admired affirmative action's original goals, but after many years of studying racial preferences, they have reached a controversial but undeniable conclusion: that preferences hurt underrepresented minorities far more than they help them. At the heart of affirmative action's failure is a simple phenomenon called mismatch. Using dramatic new data and numerous interviews with affected former students and university officials of color, the authors show how racial preferences often put students in competition with far better-prepared classmates, dooming many to fall so far behind that they can never catch up. Mismatch largely explains why, even though black applicants are more likely to enter college than whites with similar backgrounds, they are far less likely to finish; why there are so few black and Hispanic professionals with science and engineering degrees and doctorates; why black law graduates fail bar exams at four times the rate of whites; and why universities accept relatively affluent minorities over working class and poor people of all races. Sander and Taylor believe it is possible to achieve the goal of racial equality in higher education, but they argue that alternative policies -- such as full public disclosure of all preferential admission policies, a focused commitment to improving socioeconomic diversity on campuses, outreach to minority communities, and a renewed focus on K-12 schooling -- will go farther in achieving that goal than preferences, while also allowing applicants to make informed decisions. Bold, controversial, and deeply researched, Mismatch calls for a renewed examination of this most divisive of social programs -- and for reforms that will help realize the ultimate goal of racial equality.
Publisher: Basic Books
ISBN: 0465030017
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
The debate over affirmative action has raged for over four decades, with little give on either side. Most agree that it began as noble effort to jump-start racial integration; many believe it devolved into a patently unfair system of quotas and concealment. Now, with the Supreme Court set to rule on a case that could sharply curtail the use of racial preferences in American universities, law professor Richard Sander and legal journalist Stuart Taylor offer a definitive account of what affirmative action has become, showing that while the objective is laudable, the effects have been anything but. Sander and Taylor have long admired affirmative action's original goals, but after many years of studying racial preferences, they have reached a controversial but undeniable conclusion: that preferences hurt underrepresented minorities far more than they help them. At the heart of affirmative action's failure is a simple phenomenon called mismatch. Using dramatic new data and numerous interviews with affected former students and university officials of color, the authors show how racial preferences often put students in competition with far better-prepared classmates, dooming many to fall so far behind that they can never catch up. Mismatch largely explains why, even though black applicants are more likely to enter college than whites with similar backgrounds, they are far less likely to finish; why there are so few black and Hispanic professionals with science and engineering degrees and doctorates; why black law graduates fail bar exams at four times the rate of whites; and why universities accept relatively affluent minorities over working class and poor people of all races. Sander and Taylor believe it is possible to achieve the goal of racial equality in higher education, but they argue that alternative policies -- such as full public disclosure of all preferential admission policies, a focused commitment to improving socioeconomic diversity on campuses, outreach to minority communities, and a renewed focus on K-12 schooling -- will go farther in achieving that goal than preferences, while also allowing applicants to make informed decisions. Bold, controversial, and deeply researched, Mismatch calls for a renewed examination of this most divisive of social programs -- and for reforms that will help realize the ultimate goal of racial equality.
A Report on Higher Education in Washington
Author: Washington (State). Temporary Advisory Council on Public Higher Education
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education, Higher
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education, Higher
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
Higher Education Accountability
Author: Robert Kelchen
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 1421424738
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 271
Book Description
Beginning with the earliest efforts to regulate schools, the author reveals the rationale behind accountability and outlines the historical development of how US federal and state policies, accreditation practices, private-sector interests, and internal requirements have become so important to institutional success and survival
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 1421424738
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 271
Book Description
Beginning with the earliest efforts to regulate schools, the author reveals the rationale behind accountability and outlines the historical development of how US federal and state policies, accreditation practices, private-sector interests, and internal requirements have become so important to institutional success and survival
The Washington Lobbyists for Higher Education
Author: Lauriston R. King
Publisher: Lexington, Mass. : Lexington Books
ISBN:
Category : Higher education and state
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Publisher: Lexington, Mass. : Lexington Books
ISBN:
Category : Higher education and state
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Higher Education in Washington
Author: Washington (State). Council for Postsecondary Education
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education, Higher
Languages : en
Pages : 52
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education, Higher
Languages : en
Pages : 52
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Institutions of Higher Education Index, by State and Congressional District
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education, Higher
Languages : en
Pages : 64
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education, Higher
Languages : en
Pages : 64
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Washington and the Higher Education
Author: Charles Kendall Adams
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 54
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 54
Book Description
State Policy and Private Higher Education
Author: William Mark Zumeta
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government aid to higher education
Languages : en
Pages : 69
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government aid to higher education
Languages : en
Pages : 69
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