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The Challenge of Affirmative Action

Explores the challenges of using affirmative action programs when competing groups of underrepresented people vie for limited school resources. The case study of a San Francisco (California) high school illustrates the difficulties of balancing competing goals when affirming diversity and addressing patterns of discrimination conflict with equal treatment of each individual. (SLD)

• Author/Creator: Pang, Valerie Ooka, Strom, David, Young, Russell L.
• Date Published: Sum
• Journal/Secondary Title: Multicultural Education
• Number: 4
• Volume: 4
• Year: 1997

This resource is cataloged under:

• Network/channel: NCCRESt: People: Students
• Network/channel: NCCRESt: Practices: Diversity Practices
• Subject: Educational Objectives
• Subject: Equal Education
• Subject: High Schools
• Subject: High School Students
• Subject: Minority Groups
• Subject: Racial Composition
• Subject: Racial Discrimination
• Subject: Resource Allocation
• Subject: Urban Schools
• Subject: Urban Youth

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