To fulfill these rights :: political struggle over affirmative action and open admissions /: Amaka Okechukwu.

Okechukwu, Amaka,

To fulfill these rights : political struggle over affirmative action and open admissions / Amaka Okechukwu.

Okechukwu, Amaka, author.

2019

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Author

Okechukwu, Amaka, author.

Title

To fulfill these rights : political struggle over affirmative action and open admissions / Amaka Okechukwu.

Imprint

New York : Columbia University Press, [2019]

Description

1 online resource

Formatted Contents Note

A right of post-war citizenship : the emergence of mass higher education and race-and-class inclusive admissions
Legal mobilization : racial political strategy and affirmative action retrenchment in the federal courts
Board votes and ballot initiatives : racial political strategy in trustee decision-making and state elections
A force of nature : student resistance to policy elimination
The limitations of diversity : defensive innovation after the end of affirmative action and open admissions.

Summary

In To Fulfill These Rights, Amaka Okechukwu offers a historically informed sociological account of the struggles over affirmative action and open admissions in higher education. Through case studies of policy retrenchment at public universities, she documents the rollback of inclusive policies in the context of shifting race and class politics.

Bibliography, etc. Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Source of Description

Title from digital title page (viewed on October 07, 2019).

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Print version: Okechukwu, Amaka. To fulfill these rights. New York : Columbia University Press, 2019

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Language

English