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Race and College Admissions

A Case for Affirmative Action, 2d ed.

By: Jamillah Moore

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Paperback | 29 July 2024 | Edition Number 2

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326 Pages

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Revised

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25.4 x 17.78 x 1.73

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In the United States, elite colleges and universities have historically catered primarily to wealthy, predominantly white Americans, creating barriers to entry for students of color. Legal statutes have entrenched discriminatory practices within the admissions process, perpetuating the underrepresentation of students of color at top-tier institutions. Given this reality, the imperative for institutions to promote diversity through affirmative action remains crucial. However, recent legal challenges against affirmative action threaten to reinforce the status quo, potentially perpetuating the dominance of predominantly white institutions in higher education.

This book takes an historical look at the pivotal role affirmative action has played in higher education. It examines the admissions process through the eyes of a beneficiary of affirmative action and is the first text to share insights on the role eligibility plays in allowing universities to consider race in admitting applicants. Detailed are the different types of affirmative action and how some colleges and universities use the policy as a tool to consider race and ethnicity as part of a holistic evaluation of applicants. This work makes the case that race-conscious admissions practices remain necessary in the fight for racial equity in higher education.

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"This book is a superb, comprehensive and compelling case for Affirmative Action. President Jamillah Moore has done an excellent job in keeping this crucial issue alive!"-Cornel West, Dietrich Bonhoeffer Chair at Union Theological Seminary in New York

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