Merit and Affirmative Action in Education: Promulgating a Democratic Public Culture

Autor/in	Tierney, William G.
Titel	Merit and Affirmative Action in Education: Promulgating a Democratic Public Culture
Quelle	In: Urban Education, 42 (2007) 5, S.385-402 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0042-0859
DOI	10.1177/0042085907304911
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Postsecondary Education; Affirmative Action; Merit Rating; Democratic Values; Educational Policy; Selective Admission; College Admission; Admission Criteria; Access to Education; Higher Education; Racial Discrimination; Cultural Context; Social Environment; Educational Environment + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Post-secondary education; Tertiäre Bildung; Analytische Arbeitsbewertung; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Bildungsselektion; Hochschulzugang; Hochschulzulassung; Zulassung; Admission; Admission procedures; Zulassungsbedingung; Zulassungsverfahren; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Racial bias; Rassismus; Soziales Umfeld; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt
Abstract	Throughout the 20th century, one of the central debates pertaining to postsecondary education has been about the concept of merit. Who deserves to go to college? The answer to that question goes to the heart of various policies that have been developed, changed, and debated. Perhaps no other policy has drawn more prominence and criticism than that which has come to be called "affirmative action." In this article, the author discusses the idea of merit as it relates to affirmative action and postsecondary education. The article first delineates the parameters of what is defined as a "democratic public culture" and then considers the concerns of critics and proponents about affirmative action by exploring the meritocratic assumptions of the concerns. The author concludes by discussing the role that academic institutions might play in advancing the democratic sphere and considers what this role suggests for policies such as affirmative action. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10