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Call # LC213.52 .S35 2007
Author Schmidt, Peter, 1964 Jan. 20-
Title Color and money : how rich White kids are winning the war over college affirmative action / Peter Schmidt
Edition 1st ed
Imprint New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007
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Descript viii, 263 p. ; 25 cm
Bibliog. Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-251) and index
Contents Introduction : a celebration of the few -- Skimming the top : how money rises above merit -- Crossing Eight Mile : how the rich deny education to the poor -- Putting out fires : the origins of college affirmative action -- The golden pipeline : profiting from preferences -- Collegiate divisions : the volatile mix on campuses -- Assault from the right : affirmative action under attack -- By any means necessary : Black voices fight to be heard -- Breaching walls : the uprising of the excluded -- The diversity dodge : fuzzy research to the rescue -- Supreme reckoning : the changing legal landscape -- The worried White House : Bush faces an American dilemma -- Voices from on high : the establishment speaks -- Affirmative action affirmed : the Supreme Court grants a reprieve -- The struggle continues : democracy rears its head
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Subject Affirmative action programs in education -- United States
Discrimination in higher education -- United States
Universities and colleges -- Admission
OCLC # 85692751
ISBN 1403976015
9781403976017
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