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The imperial examination and the college entrance examination from the perspective of affirmative action: assistance to disadvantaged examinees in China

Humanities & Social Sciences Communications
Affirmative action in China’s selective examinations arises from the pursuit of educational equity and recognition of challenges faced by disadvantaged examinees.
Jinshan Yuan, Aochong Zhang
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Equity360: Gender, Race, and Ethnicity: The Affirmative Action Ban and the Orthopaedic Pipeline. [PDF]

Clin Orthop Relat Res, 2023
O'Connor MI.
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Affirmative Action as Earnings Redistribution: The Targeting of Compliance Reviews [PDF]

Affirmative action may be broadly conceived of as pursuing either the goal of reducing discrimination or that of redistributing jobs and earnings. I attempt to infer the ends of affirmative action policy by analyzing the historical record of enforcement.
Jonathan S. Leonard
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The "racialized" other: intolerance and political equality in Brazil and the United Kingdom [PDF]

The implementation of Affirmative Action (Political Equality) in various spheres of Brazilian society, including in the university, and mainly implemented through a system of ‘racial’ quotas, have confronted cultural myths such as 'Brazilian ...
Fantini, Joao Angelo
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The Infirmities of Affirmative Action: The New York City Plan [PDF]

, 1974
The regulations announced by Mayor John Lindsay that propose new contract bid regulations designed to eliminate discrimination in employment in New York City were implemented and are the basics of the city\u27s present program.

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Supreme Court cases on affirmative action threaten diversity in medicine. [PDF]

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2023
Aaron DG, Bajaj SS, Stanford FC.
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Affirmative action as organization development at the Johnson Space Center [PDF]

The role of affirmative actions is investigated as an interventionist Organization Development (OD) strategy for insuring equal opportunities at the NASA/Johnson Space Center.
Tryman, Mfanya Donald L.
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PERCEPTIONS OF THE UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY REGARDING ADMISSION TO HIGHER EDUCATION THROUGH MEDALS IN SCIENTIFIC OLYMPIADS

Avaliação: Revista da Avaliação da Educação Superior
This study focuses on the Scientific Olympiad admission program at the University of Campinas (Unicamp), Brazil, which offers access to higher education through awards obtained in academic competitions.
Adriana Vazzoler-Mendonça, Carina Alexandra Rondini, Cristina Costa-Lobo   +2 more
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Finding umbrella trees: cultivating inclusion and more than survival in a post-affirmative action academy. [PDF]

Plant Cell, 2023
Montgomery BL.
europepmc   +1 more source

Affirmative Actions:

International Journal of Social Science Research and Review
This paper deals with the issue of Affirmative Action policies, specifically their applicability, through the system of racial quotas used by higher education institutions in Brazil and the United States of America to guarantee rights denied to vulnerable groups accumulated throughout history. It emphasizes the appreciation of the principle of equality
Matheus Beltrao Oliveira e Silva, Glauco Fonteles Oliveira e Silva   +1 more
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