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Race Based Admissions and Affirmative Action: Revisiting Historical Implications on Black Students in Higher Education

Journal of Higher Education Policy and Leadership Studies, 2023
The legacy of discrimination and oppression against Black Americans has influenced the development and implementation of policies rooted in a desire to decrease inequities.
Jesse R. Ford
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Assessing the Potential Impact of a Nationwide Class-Based Affirmative Action System

, 2015
We examine the possible consequences of a change in law school admissions in the United States from an affirmative action system based on race to one based on socioeconomic class.
Rubin, Donald B., Xiang, Alice
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Die effek van regstellende aksie op die streservaring van 'n groep swart werknemers

SA Journal of Industrial Psychology, 1998
The effect of affirmative action on the experience of stress among a group of black employees. The purpose of this study was to identify the nature of stress-symptoms among a group of black employees who were subjected to affirmative action as well as ...
E. S. Van Zyl
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AFFIRMATIVE ACTION IN KENYA: SETTING STANDARDS OR MISSING THE MARK? PERSPECTIVES ON GENDER EQUALTY IN KENYA.

KAS African Law Study Library
This article examines the concept of affirmative action, drawing on the specific experiences and practice in Kenya. The paper begins with an overview of the Kenyan landscape as far as gender equality is concerned, in different contexts including ...
Naomi Gichuki
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Perceptions of affirmative action: An empirical study

South African Journal of Business Management, 1996
Private and public South African employers have instituted affirmative action policies meant to provide employment opportunities to Black South Africans.
Trevor Amos, Richard Scott, J. William, Judith Scott   +3 more
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Efeito das Ações Afirmativas no Acesso às Bolsas Acadêmicas no Ensino Superior

RAC: Revista de Administração Contemporânea
Objetives: access to higher education in Brazil, in the context of affirmative action policies, has been extensively debated, focusing mainly on student admission and trajectory.
Felipe Nathan Ferreira dos Santos, Lais de Souza Abreu Soares, Maria Micheliana da Costa Silva   +2 more
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A pre and post election comparison of the affirmative action policies of South African listed companies

Koers : Bulletin for Christian Scholarship, 1997
A pre and post election comparison of the affirmative action policies of South African listed companies Affirmative action can be described as the enforced empowerment and occupational advancement of historically disadvantaged groups.
M. Shorter, J.J. de Beer
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Affirmative Action: An International Human Rights Dialogue [PDF]

Journal of Constitutional Law, 2020
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is one of the first international instruments urging states to take specific action to ensure equality. Throughout the years, Ruth Bader Ginsburg had been a leading activist for women’s rights and equality.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Deborah Jones Merritt   +1 more
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Does Affirmative Action Reduce Effort Incentives? A Contest Game Analysis [PDF]

In this paper a contest game with heterogeneous players is analyzed in which heterogeneity could be the consequence of past discrimination. Based on the normative perception of the heterogeneity there are two policy options to tackle this heterogeneity ...
Jörg Franke
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The Mere Mention of Asians in Affirmative Action

Sociological Science, 2019
Presumed competent, U.S. Asians evince exceptional educational outcomes but lack the cultural pedigree of elite whites that safeguard them from bias in the labor market.
Jennifer Lee, Van C. Tran
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