Promise and dilemma : perspectives on racial diversity and higher education

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

"Promise and Dilemma gathers the reflections of a group of leading educators on whether and how objectives of diversity, equity, and excellence can be simultaneously pursued. Empirical in orientation, these essays focus on constructive proposals and on the role of social and political consensus...

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Other Authors: Lowe, Eugene Y., 1949-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©1999.
Subjects:
Minorities > Education (Higher) > United States > Case studies.
Educational equalization > United States > Case studies.
Affirmative action programs in education > 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.
Minorités > Enseignement supérieur > États-Unis > Études de cas.
Démocratisation de l'enseignement > États-Unis > Études de cas.
Programmes d'action positive > États-Unis > Études de cas.
Succès scolaire > États-Unis > Études de cas.
Démocratisation de l'enseignement > Afrique du Sud > Études de cas.
Universités > Afrique du Sud > Aspect sociologique > Études de cas.
Universités > États-Unis > Aspect sociologique > Études de cas.
Academic achievement.
Affirmative action programs in education.
Educational equalization.
Minorities > Education (Higher)
Universities and colleges > Sociological aspects.
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South Africa.
United States.
USA.
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Case studies.
Table of Contents:
  • Promise and dilemma : incorporating racial diversity in selective higher education / Eugene Y. Lowe
  • Promoting high academic achievement among non-Asian minorities / L. Scott Miller
  • Threat in the air : how stereotypes shape intellectual identity and performance / Claude M. Steele
  • Practitioner's view from Texas : comments on the essays by L. Scott Miller and Claude M. Steele / Philip Uri Treisman
  • Assessment and student diversity : comments on the essays by L. Scott Miller and Claude M. Steele / Richard J. Light
  • Equity and excellence- strange bedfellows? A case study of South African higher education / Mamphela Ramphele
  • Facing the dilemmas of difference : comments on the essay by Mamphela Ramphele / Randall Kennedy
  • Problematics of affirmative action : a view from California / Neil J. Smelser
  • What a university can learn and teach about conflict and difference : comments on the essay by Neil J. Smelser / Chang-Lin Tien.

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