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12/95/
ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED157477 AUTHOR: Bailey, Robert L.; Hafner, Anne L.
TITLE: Minority Admissions.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1978
NOTE: 213 p.
AVAILABILITY: Lexington Books, D.C. Heath and Company,
Lexington, Massachusetts ($18.00)
ABSTRACT: The changing role of admission policies and
practices as higher education institutions deal with the
problems of miniority acess and admissibility is examined
in this book. Sections dealing with admission requirements,
academic prediction, and major problems in admission
practices provide background information on the workings of
student selection. A history of minority preference in
admission is presented, and testing and the race relevance
are examined as an important factor in the admissibility of
minorities. Policy issues are discussed in the case
for/against minority preferences, constitutional and
legislative strategies, and long-range issues, including
the role of an admissions policy in meeting societal needs.
Suggestions are offered for designing an action
implementation plan to make possible minority access and
admission in accordance with the Bakke decision. It is
concluded that higher education institutions should pursue
actively early outreach programs that parallel or
supplement normal admission procedures. Appended are the
texts of the California Supreme Court decision on Bakke,
the brief filed by the University of California to the U.S.
Supreme Court, and an extensive bibliography. (LBH)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Administrative-Policy; Affirmative-Action;
College-Planning; Competitive-Selection;
Constitutional-Law; Higher-Education; History-;
Legal-Responsibility; Long-Range Planning;
Racial-Discrimination; Social-Problems; Student
Recruitment; Supreme-Court-Litigation
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Access-to-Education; *Admission-Criteria;
*College-Admission; *Minority-Groups; *Selective-Admission
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