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On the Basis of Race: How Higher Education Navigates Affirmative Action Policies
On the Basis of Race: How Higher Education Navigates Affirmative Action Policies in Bloomington, MN
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How universities can navigate affirmative action bans to protect diversity in student admissions
Diversity in higher education is under attack as the Supreme Court considers the future of affirmative action, or race-conscious admissions practices, at American colleges and universities. In
On the Basis of Race
, Lauren S. Foley sheds light on our current crisis, exploring the past, present, and future of this contentious policy.
From
Brown v. Board of Education
in the mid-twentieth century to the current
Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard
and
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
, Foley explores how organizations have resisted and complied with public policies regarding race. She examines how admissions officers, who have played an important role in the long fight to protect racial diversity in higher education, work around the law to maintain diversity after affirmative action is banned. Foley takes us behind the curtain of student admissions, shedding light on how multiple universities, including the University of Michigan, have creatively responded to affirmative action bans.
traces the history of a controversial idea and policy, and provides insight into its uncertain future.
Diversity in higher education is under attack as the Supreme Court considers the future of affirmative action, or race-conscious admissions practices, at American colleges and universities. In
On the Basis of Race
, Lauren S. Foley sheds light on our current crisis, exploring the past, present, and future of this contentious policy.
From
Brown v. Board of Education
in the mid-twentieth century to the current
Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard
and
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
, Foley explores how organizations have resisted and complied with public policies regarding race. She examines how admissions officers, who have played an important role in the long fight to protect racial diversity in higher education, work around the law to maintain diversity after affirmative action is banned. Foley takes us behind the curtain of student admissions, shedding light on how multiple universities, including the University of Michigan, have creatively responded to affirmative action bans.
traces the history of a controversial idea and policy, and provides insight into its uncertain future.
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