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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED161977 AUTHOR: Bailey, Merrill Jean
TITLE: The Status and Future of Minority Group
Representation in the Graduate and Professional Programs.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1977
NOTE: 13 p.; Paper presented at the annual conference of
the
Society for Ethnic and Special Studies (New Orleans,
Louisiana, October 28, 1977)
ABSTRACT: Minority representation in the graduate and
professional schools is not in parity with the proportion
of
minorities in the overall population at this point in the
history of American higher education. There are definite
reasons for the lack of participation, reasons that have a
profound philosophical, sociological, and economic basis.
These factors have helped to crystalize American thought,
have relegated minorities to a barricaded position and
predetermined status in society, and have now culminated in
the rhetorical fervor surrounding the Allan Bakke case.
Those who are in favor of affirmative action policies
should
make their support known. (Author/EB)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Court-Litigation; Equal-Education; Social
Status; Socioeconomic-Status
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Affirmative-Action; *Educationally
Disadvantaged; *Educational-Opportunities; *Higher
Education; *Minority-Groups
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