5 Reasons to Support Affirmative Action in College Admissions

dc.contributor.authorMaxwell, Connoren
dc.contributor.authorGarcia, Saraen
dc.date.accessed2019-10-23en
dc.date.accessioned2019-12-19T19:56:44Zen
dc.date.available2019-12-19T19:56:44Zen
dc.date.issued2019-10-01en
dc.description.abstractFor much of American history, elite colleges and universities were largely reserved for wealthy, predominantly white Americans. Only in the 20th century did these institutions begin to actively prioritize diversity and expand access by adopting tools such as affirmative action—the narrowly tailored practice of considering race and ethnicity as part of a holistic evaluation of a student’s application. This report suggests that affirmative action is one of the best tools colleges and universities have to promote diversity and ensure that those who are otherwise shut out of the American postsecondary system have a chance to earn a quality degree.en
dc.description.sponsorshipCenter for American Progressen
dc.description.sponsorshipGeneration Progressen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttps://www.americanprogress.org/issues/race/news/2019/10/01/471085/5-reasons-support-affirmative-action-college-admissions/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/96113en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherCenter for American Progressen
dc.publisherGeneration Progressen
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/en
dc.subjectprestigious colleges and universitiesen
dc.subjectaffirmative action programs in educationen
dc.subjectdiversity in higher educationen
dc.title5 Reasons to Support Affirmative Action in College Admissionsen
dc.typeReporten
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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