Compelling Interest: Examining the Evidence on Racial Dynamics in Colleges and Universities (review)
Compelling Interest: Examining the Evidence on Racial Dynamics in Colleges and Universities (review)
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引人注目的兴趣：检查学院和大学中种族动态的证据（评论）
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2003
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Benjamin Baez
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Benjamin Baez
近年来，在如何公平公正地分配高等教育优势的问题上，各种理论相互冲突，美国的学院和大学已经成为有关种族意识社会政策的激烈辩论的中心。在这些政策辩论的表面之下，隐藏着复杂的意识形态、历史、不满和情绪，这些因素干扰了对所涉及问题的理性分析。对种族在美国社会中的重要性进行实证研究，似乎是解决美国高等教育中这一高度政治化和情绪化方面的明显问题所必需的，这是前所未有的。本书中提出的研究证据与那些挑战具有种族意识的高校录取政策的法庭案件直接相关。尽管未来的研究仍需要解决许多问题，但迄今收集的实证数据清楚地表明，平权行动政策确实有效，而且在美国高等教育中仍然非常需要。本书还提供了一个框架，用于检查与公平、功绩和多样性的好处有关的证据，以帮助法院和公众组织有关种族和机会的信念。
In recent years American colleges and universities have become the locus of impassioned debates about race-conscious social policies, as conflicting theories clash over the ways to distribute the advantages of higher education in a fair and just manner. Just below the surface of these policy debates lies a complex tangle of ideologies, histories, grievances, and emotions that interfere with a rational analysis of the issues involved. As never before, the need for empirical research on the significance of race in American society seems essential to solving the manifest problems of this highly politicized and emotionally charged aspect of American higher education. The research evidence presented in this book has a direct relevance to those court cases that challenge race-conscious admission policies of colleges and universities. Though many questions still need to be addressed by future research, the empirical data collected to date makes it clear that affirmative action policies do work and are still very much needed in American higher education. This book also provides a framework for examining the evidence pertaining to issues of fairness, merit, and the benefits of diversity in an effort to assist courts and the public in organizing beliefs about race and opportunity.