Affirmative Action in Higher Education: A Current Legal Overview.

Autor/in	Alger, Jonathan
Institution	American Association of Univ. Professors, Washington, DC.
Titel	Affirmative Action in Higher Education: A Current Legal Overview.
Quelle	(1999), (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Affirmative Action; Civil Rights; College Admission; Court Litigation; Diversity (Faculty); Diversity (Student); Educational Legislation; Elementary Secondary Education; Equal Education; Equal Opportunities (Jobs); Higher Education; Minority Groups; Personnel Selection; School Desegregation; Student Financial Aid; Student Recruitment + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bürgerrechte; Grundrechte; Zivilrecht; Hochschulzugang; Hochschulzulassung; Zulassung; Rechtsstreit; Bildungsrecht; Schulgesetz; Equal opportunity; Equal opportunities; Job; Jobs; Chancengleichheit; Beruf; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Ethnische Minderheit; Personalauswahl; Personalentscheidung; Integrative Schule; Finanzielle Beihilfe; Studienfinanzierung; Studienförderung
Abstract	Legal challenges to affirmative action continue in a variety of contexts within higher education, creating confusion and uncertainty for colleges and universities. This paper examines cases brought in federal court, although other complaints related to affirmative action programs have been filed in state courts and with the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and other federal and state agencies. Statistics show that members of many minority groups are underrepresented within student and faculty ranks throughout higher education, and significant barriers to equal access in higher education remain. The first section presents cases related to student recruitment, admissions, and financial aid, discussing the desegregation context of several cases and looking at cases against federal programs. The next section examines cases related to faculty employment decisions. The final section focuses on cases that have arisen in elementary and secondary education, which have struggled for years with court ordered desegregation. (SM)
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01