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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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1.5: Affirmative Action Around the World
Alon, S. (2015).
Race, class, and affirmative action
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Bagde, S., Epple, D., & Taylor, L. (2015). Caste- and gender-based affirmative
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Moses, M.S. & Jenkins, L.D. (2014, November 13). Affirmative action should be viewed in global context.
The Conversation
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https://theconversation.com/affirmative-action-should-be-viewed-in-global-context-33618
Moses, M.S. & Jenkins, L.D. (2014).
Affirmative action matters : Creating opportunities for students around the world
. New York, NY: Routledge University Press.
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