Sentences with phrase «effects of affirmative action»
In his doctoral qualifying paper, Shaw found that the effects of affirmative action bans in Southern states with a history of state - sponsored segregation are not limited to more exclusive academic institutions.
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This untoward result - interpreting a Constitution intended to guarantee religious liberty as requiring affirmative discrimination against people of faith - would seem to be the necessary result of a doctrine of separation that invalidates government action that lacks a «secular purpose» or has the effect of «advanc [ing]... religion» (Lemon v. Kurtzman [1970]-RRB-.
The Harvard conference, «Non-Racial Standards and Minority Opportunity» is the first to examine effect of recent court decisions restricting affirmative action on higher education.
Instead, eliminating affirmative action has decreased the ability of black students to attend public colleges across the board, with a pronounced effect in less selective institutions.
Given challenges to affirmative action, we need to know how the admissions process works, the role of tests in admissions decisions, and the effects of alternative definitions of diversity on the composition of the admitted student body.
His research interests include sociology of education, higher education, education policy analysis, racial and socioeconomic inequality in college access and success, social and cultural capital, immigrant assimilation and immigration reform, affirmative action and diversity in higher education, Latino students, quantitative methods, causal inference and treatment effect heterogeneity.
He is part of the team evaluating the effect of exam schools and affirmative action policies in Chicago.
The Department of Transportation's (DOT) disadvantaged business enterprise (DBE) program is an affirmative action program designed to combat discrimination and its continuing effects by providing contracting opportunities on Federally - funded highway, transit, and airport projects for small businesses owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals.