Bibliograph

Mismatch, how affirmative action hurts students it's intended to help, and why universities won't admit it, Richard Sander, Stuart Taylor, Jr

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Mismatch, how affirmative action hurts students it's intended to help, and why universities won't admit it, Richard Sander, Stuart Taylor, Jr

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-302) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Mismatch

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

744287703

Responsibility statement

Richard Sander, Stuart Taylor, Jr

Sub title

how affirmative action hurts students it's intended to help, and why universities won't admit it

Table Of Contents

The idea of mismatch and why it matters -- A primer on affirmative action -- The discovery of the mismatch effect -- Law school mismatch -- The debate on law school mismatch -- The breadth of mismatch -- Proposition 209: the high road and the low road -- The warming effect -- Mismatch and the swelling ranks of graduates -- The hydra of preferences: the evasion of prop 209 at the University of California -- Why academics avoid honest debate about affirmative action -- Media, politics, and the accountability void -- The supreme court: rewarding opacity -- The George Mason affair -- Transparency and the California Bar affair -- Class, race, and the targeting of preferences -- Closing the test score gap: better parenting and K-12 education

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