Full Description
Affirmative action in US college admissions has inspired fierce debate as well as several US Supreme Court cases. In this significant study, leading US professors J. Scott Carter and Cameron D. Lippard provide an in-depth examination of the issue using sociological, policy and legal perspectives to frame both pro- and anti-affirmative action arguments, within past and present Supreme Court cases.
With affirmative action policy under constant attack, this is a crucial book that not only explains the state of this policy but also further deconstructs the state of race and racism in American society today.
Contents
Introduction
Affirmative Action and Higher Education
Race, the Affirmative Action Debate, Education, and Past Court Cases
Who is Fighting the Fight
Case Study 1: The Gratz/Grutter Supreme Court Cases against the University of Michigan
Case Study 2: The Fisher Supreme Court Cases against the University of Texas at Austin
Conclusions
