Eric Grodsky is associate professor of sociology at the University of Minnesota. Michal Kurlaender is associate professor of education at the University of California, Davis.
A comprehensive examination of the consequences and implications of
challenges to affirmative action for racial equity and diversity in
public higher education. Although focused on California s
Proposition 209, the volume offers useful insights for public and
institutional policy makers in other states, as well as for
education researchers. Laura W. Perna, professor, Graduate School
of Education, University of Pennsylvania
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A thorough and masterful treatment of an important and complex
subject. What it chronicles is the first step in the gradual
asphyxiation of race-based affirmative action. The book represents
an extraordinary blending of social science, legal, and policy
perspectives. It illustrates a skillful use of administrative data
by an impressive array of scholars and day-to-day practitioners.
There are important lessons here, not only for higher education but
for the broader American public. Thomas J. Espenshade, professor of
sociology, Princeton University
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With over a decade of data on which to draw, this volume brings
together analysts from academic institutions, researchers in the
University of California and community college systems, and policy
makers to reflect on what we have learned about the impacts of
removing affirmative action and of new policy directions for the
future. In a time of great economic uncertainty, it is easy to lose
sight of the complex questions of equal access with which many
state postsecondary systems struggle. from the introductory chapter
byChristopher Edley Jr., dean, University of California, Berkeley,
School of Law
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