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The next twenty-five years : affirmative action in higher education in the United States and South Africa
Title
The next twenty-five years : affirmative action in higher education in the United States and South Africa / edited by David L. Featherman, Martin Hall, and Marvin Krislov.
ISBN
9780472117055 (cloth : alk. paper)
047211705X (cloth : alk. paper)
9780472033775 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0472033778 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780472021550 (e-book)
0472021559 (e-book)
Published
Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2010.
Physical Description
xxiv, 389 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary
"A penetrating exploration of affirmative action's continued place in 21st-century higher education, The Next Twenty-five Years assembles the viewpoints of some of the most influential scholars, educators, university leaders, and public officials. Its comparative essays span the political spectrum and dissect debates in two nations to elucidate the legal, political, social, economic, and moral dimensions of affirmative action in higher education and its role in contributing to a just, equitable, and vital society." -- Book cover.
Variant and related titles
Affirmative action in higher education in the United States and South Africa
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
November 29, 2010
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Affirmative action and the U.S. Black freedom struggle / David J. Garrow
The struggle for national liberation and the attainment of human rights in South Africa / Neville Alexander
Affirmative action in higher education over the next twenty-five years : a need for study and action / Sandra Day O'Connor and Stewart J. Schwab
From redress to empowerment : the new South African Constitution and its implementation / Judith February
Social Justice and postapartheid higher education in South Africa / André du Toit
Affirmative action and higher education in the United States and South Africa / Nancy Cantor and Jo Thomas
Moving on up? The politics, problems, and prospects of universities as gateways for social mobility in South Africa / Jonathan D. Jansen
Higher education and the labor market in postapartheid South Africa / Haroon Bhorat
Retrenching civil rights : mass imprisonment in America / Bruce Western
The promise and peril of the Texas uniform admission law / Martia Tienda and Teresa A. Sullivan
Admissions policies and challenges / Nan Yeld
Race and class in South African higher-education sector : a focus on the undergraduate experience / Crain Soudien
Benefits and barriers : racial dynamics of the undergraduate experience / Sylvia Hurtado
Diversity, dialogue, and democratic engagement / Patricia Gurin, Biren (Ratnesh) A. Nagda, and Akua O. Campanella
Institutional culture and diversity : engagement and dialogue in a South African university / Martin Hall, Dorrian Aiken, and Nazeema Mohamed
Who is "getting through" in South Africa? Graduate output and the reconstruction of the formal curriculum / Ian Scott
Defining the problem of equity in teaching elementary school mathematics / Jennifer Lewis and Deborah Lowenberg Ball
Looking back / Stuart Saunders
The first ten years : the role of public policy in shaping postapartheid higher education in South Africa / Naledi Pandor and Nasima Badsha
The role of public policy in shaping higher education in the twenty-first century : achieving diversity, excellence, and equity in the academy / Richard W. Riley and Judith A. Winston
Racial disparities and the next twenty-five years : the continued need for affirmative action / Michael S. McPherson and Matthew A. Smith
Beyond equity committees and statistics / Elaine Salo
Achieving critical mass : the future of gender and higher education in the United States / Abigail J. Stewart and Danielle LaVaque-Manty
Democracy and the choosing of elites / Glenn C. Loury
A future beyond "race" : reflections on equity in South African higher education / Zimitri Erasmus
The challenge of the next twenty-five years / Marvin Krislov
Nothing is different, but everything's changed / Martin Hall.
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