ERIC Number: ED597157
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2016-Apr-12
Pages: 33
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A Dream Undone? Higher Education Access in a Shifting Legal Landscape
Gaertner, Matthew Newman; Espinosa, Lorelle; Orfield, Gary A.
AERA Online Paper Repository, Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (Washington, DC, Apr 8-12, 2016)
This paper examines diversity strategies at selective universities across the U.S., with a particular focus on the effects of legal challenges to race-conscious admissions. Study findings are based on responses to a first-of-its-kind national survey of undergraduate admissions and enrollment management leaders administered in fall 2014. The data include 338 nonprofit four-year institutions that collectively enrolled 2.7 million students and fielded over 3 million applications for admission in 2013-14. This paper focuses on the most widely used and effective diversity strategies, changes in admissions factors after the U.S. Supreme Court's 2013 ruling in "Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin," and the most sought after diversity research and guidance in light of the turbulent legal and political landscape. This work is especially timely in light of the Supreme Court's June 2015 decision to reexamine race-conscious admissions in "Fisher."
Descriptors: Access to Education, Higher Education, College Admission, Affirmative Action, Undergraduate Students, Student Diversity, Court Litigation, State Legislation, Student Recruitment, Public Colleges, Private Colleges
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Publication Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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