Affirmative action and racial equity : considering the Fisher case to forge the path ahead / Edited by Uma M. Jayakumar and Liliana M. Garces with Frank Fernandez.
2015
LC213.52 .A44 2015 (Map It)
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Title
Affirmative action and racial equity : considering the Fisher case to forge the path ahead / Edited by Uma M. Jayakumar and Liliana M. Garces with Frank Fernandez.
Published
New York : Routledge, 2015.
Call Number
LC213.52 .A44 2015
ISBN
9781138785359 (hardback)
1138785350 (hardback)
9781138785366 (pbk.)
1138785369 (pbk.)
9781315767840 (e-book)
1138785350 (hardback)
9781138785366 (pbk.)
1138785369 (pbk.)
9781315767840 (e-book)
Description
xxl, 230 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)893895709
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Purchased from the income of the Soll Fund
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The Arthur W. Diamond Law Library
Purchased from the income of the Soll Fund
Table of Contents
Foreword / Gary Orfield
ix
pt. I
Background and Evidence Submitted
1
1.
The Legal Context and Social Science Evidence in Fisher v. University of Texas / Liliana M. Garces
3
2.
Leadership, Citizenship, and Civic Capacity: The Imperative of Racial Diversity for Realizing Higher Education's Public Mission / Olatunde C.A. Johnson
21
3.
The Promise of Diversity in Remedying the Harms of Identity-Related Threats and Racial Isolation / Eva Jefferson Paterson
42
4.
Tejas Es Diferente: UT Austin's Admissions Program in Light of Its Exclusionary History / Gerald Torres
63
5.
Access and Diversity at the University of California in the Post-Affirmative Action Era / Tongshan Chang
80
pt. II
Lessons and Strategies Moving Forward
103
6.
The Mismatch Myth in U.S. Higher Education: A Synthesis of Empirical Evidence at the Law School and Undergraduate Levels / Richard O. Lempert
105
7.
Amplifying Asian American Presence: Contending With Dominant Racial Narratives in Fisher / Mitchell James Chang
130
8.
From Access to Outcomes: Considering the Texas Top Ten Percent Plan and Its Relationship to Student Persistence / Stella M. Flores
150
9.
Walking the Diversity Rationale Talk: A Call to Institutions / Maria C. Ledesma
165
10.
Reflections on the Diversity (Rationale) Literature: Examining the Potential and Need for Critical Diversity Research Praxis / Mitchell James Chang
186
Afterword: Working Collectively Toward Racial Equity in Higher Education Policy / Liliana M. Garces
210
Contributors
219
Index
225