A Solution to Multiple Problems: The Origins of Affirmative Action in Higher Education around the World

Autor/inn/en	Warikoo, Natasha; Allen, Utaukwa
Titel	A Solution to Multiple Problems: The Origins of Affirmative Action in Higher Education around the World
Quelle	In: Studies in Higher Education, 45 (2020) 12, S.2398-2412 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0307-5079
DOI	10.1080/03075079.2019.1612352
Schlagwörter	Higher Education; Affirmative Action; Educational Policy; Disproportionate Representation; Social Differences; Self Concept; Cross Cultural Studies; Equal Education; Educational Objectives; Social Change; Race; Diversity; Educational Sociology; College Administration; Educational Legislation; Foreign Countries; College Admission + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Sozialer Unterschied; Selbstkonzept; Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; Educational objective; Bildungsziel; Erziehungsziel; Sozialer Wandel; Rasse; Abstammung; Bildungssoziologie; Erziehungssoziologie; College administrators; Hochschulverwaltung; Bildungsrecht; Schulgesetz; Ausland; Hochschulzugang; Hochschulzulassung; Zulassung
Abstract	How and when does affirmative action emerge in different national contexts? This paper is the first to analyze the emergence of affirmative action in higher education across national contexts. We find that three distinct clusters of affirmative action policies developed historically: (1) early nation-building projects, (2) mechanisms to attenuate social inequality in response to identity-based social movements, and (3) twenty-first century 'indirect' affirmative action policies. These clusters differ not only in the goals of their affirmative action policies, but also in how those policies are implemented, and the circumstances under which they emerge, as we show. The findings suggest that once provisions for underrepresented groups becomes part of the repertoire of actions universities or countries can take to solve a variety of national and university problems, affirmative action develops as a means to further a variety of organizational and national goals. (As Provided).
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