Promise and dilemma : perspectives on racial diversity and higher education /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c1999.
Description:	xv, 206 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Minorities -- Education (Higher) -- United States -- Case studies. Educational equalization -- United States -- Case studies. Affirmative action programs -- United States -- Case studies. Academic achievement -- United States -- Case studies. Educational equalization -- South Africa -- Case studies. Universities and colleges -- South Africa -- Sociological aspects -- Case studies. Universities and colleges -- United States -- Sociological aspects -- Case studies. Academic achievement. Affirmative action programs in education. Educational equalization. Minorities -- Education (Higher) Universities and colleges -- Sociological aspects. South Africa. United States. Case studies.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3694501

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Other authors / contributors:	Lowe, Eugene Y., 1949-
ISBN:	0691004897 (alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents:

Foreword
Acknowledgments
Contributors
1. Promise and Dilemma: Incorporating Racial Diversity in Selective Higher Education
2. Promoting High Academic Achievement among Non-Asian Minorities
3. A Threat in the Air: How Stereotypes Shape Intellectual Identity and Performance
4. A Practitioner's View from Texas: Comments on the Essays
5. Assessment and Student Diversity: Comments on the Essays
6. Equity and Excellence - Strange Bedfellows? A Case Study of South African Higher Education
7. Facing the Dilemmas of Difference: Comments on the Essay
8. Problematics of Affirmative Action: A View from California
9. What a University Can Learn and Teach about Conflict and Difference: Comments on the Essay
Epilogue
Index

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