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Part 1: What is Affirmative Action?
1.1: Racial Inequalities in College Access in the U.S.
1.2: Philosophical Foundations and Historical Evolution
1.3: Legal Documents
1.4: What are Diversity and Critical Mass, since Grutter (2003) and Fisher
1.5: Affirmative Action Around the World
Part 2: How does Affirmative Action work in selective college admissions?
2.1 History and Evolution of Selective College Admissions
2.2 Diverse College Pathways
2.3 Deconstructing “Merit”: Tests, GPA, and Holistic Review
2.4 Implicit Biases: A problem not produced by affirmative action
Part 3: Why is Affirmative Action so controversial and divisive?
3.1 Differences in Ideologies and Frames
3.2 Critical race critiques of “Diversity”
3.3 Racial Enigma: Asian Americans
3.4 Unraveling Myths and Misinformation
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1.3: Legal Documents
Brief for 531 social scientists and scholars on college access, Asian American studies, and race as Amici Curiae supporting defendant, SFFA v. President and Fellows of Harvard College. (2018, August 30).
https://asianamericancivilrights.org/2018/08/30/press-release-academic-experts/
Fisher v. University of Texas 570 U.S. _ (2013). Retrieved from
https://www.oyez.org/cases/2012/11-345
Fisher v. University of Texas 579 U.S. _ (2016). Retrieved from
https://www.oyez.org/cases/2015/14-981
Gratz v. Bollinger, 539 U.S. 244 (2003). Retrieved from
https://www.oyez.org/cases/2002/02-516
Grutter v. Bollinger, 539 U.S. 306 (2003). Retrieved from
https://www.oyez.org/cases/2002/02-241
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke, 438 U.S. 265 (1978). Retrieved from
https://www.oyez.org/cases/1979/76-811
Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, 572 U.S. _ (2014). Retrieved from
https://www.oyez.org/cases/2013/12-682
Sweatt v. Painter 339 U.S. 629 (1950). Retrieved from
https://www.oyez.org/cases/1940-1955/339us629
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