To fulfill these rights : political struggle over affirmative action and open admissions /
Okechukwu, Amaka,
To fulfill these rights : political struggle over affirmative action and open admissions / Amaka Okechukwu. - New York : Columbia University Press, (c)2019. - 1 online resource
A right of post-war citizenship : the emergence of mass higher education and race-and-class inclusive admissions -- Legal mobilization : racial political strategy and affirmative action retrenchment in the federal courts -- Board votes and ballot initiatives : racial political strategy in trustee decision-making and state elections -- A force of nature : student resistance to policy elimination -- The limitations of diversity : defensive innovation after the end of affirmative action and open admissions
In To Fulfill These Rights, Amaka Okechukwu offers a historically informed sociological account of the struggles over affirmative action and open admissions in higher education. Through case studies of policy retrenchment at public universities, she documents the rollback of inclusive policies in the context of shifting race and class politics.
9780231544740
2019013978
Discrimination in higher education--United States.
Affirmative action programs in education--United States.
Universities and colleges--Open admission--United States.
Universities and colleges--Admission.--United States
Minorities--Education (Higher)--United States.
Electronic Books.
LC212 / .T648 2019
To fulfill these rights : political struggle over affirmative action and open admissions / Amaka Okechukwu. - New York : Columbia University Press, (c)2019. - 1 online resource
A right of post-war citizenship : the emergence of mass higher education and race-and-class inclusive admissions -- Legal mobilization : racial political strategy and affirmative action retrenchment in the federal courts -- Board votes and ballot initiatives : racial political strategy in trustee decision-making and state elections -- A force of nature : student resistance to policy elimination -- The limitations of diversity : defensive innovation after the end of affirmative action and open admissions
In To Fulfill These Rights, Amaka Okechukwu offers a historically informed sociological account of the struggles over affirmative action and open admissions in higher education. Through case studies of policy retrenchment at public universities, she documents the rollback of inclusive policies in the context of shifting race and class politics.
9780231544740
2019013978
Discrimination in higher education--United States.
Affirmative action programs in education--United States.
Universities and colleges--Open admission--United States.
Universities and colleges--Admission.--United States
Minorities--Education (Higher)--United States.
Electronic Books.
LC212 / .T648 2019