Defending Diversity: Affirmative Action at the University of Michigan - Hardcover

Gurin, Patricia; Lehman, Jeffrey S.; Lewis, Earl

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0472113070 ISBN 13: 9780472113071

Publisher: University of Michigan Press, 2004

Synopsis

Defending Diversity The first major book to argue in favor of affirmative action in higher education since Bowen and Bok's "The Shape of the River"

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Review

"This impressive book . . . reminds us of the extraordinary leadership role
played by the University of Michigan in defending affirmative action."

---William G. Bowen, President, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

"Readers interested in broad historical and social analysis of affirmative action will appreciate this book."
--Booklist

--Vernon Ford"Booklist" (04/16/2004)

"Defending Diversity documents the extraordinary effort made by the University of Michigan to defend its race-sensitive admissions policies against a determined legal assault. Drawing liberally from supportive testimony from business, the professions, and the military and from extensive empirical research, the University makes a powerful case to demonstrate how much racial diversity matters to the quality of education and to the future of America. At a time when university leaders are often criticized for failing to speak out on important public issues, the successful campaign mounted by these Michigan officials seems al the more remarkable."
--Derek Bok

-- (01/15/2004)

". . . documents the extraordinary effort made by the University of Michigan to defend its race-sensitive admissions policies against a determined legal assault."
---Derek Bok

". . . provides a framework and model to moderate dialogues across America about diversifying the states' public flagship universities. . . . Data and conclusions presented in Defending Diversity support the notion that wide-ranging and positive benefits exist where students interact and learn from each other when lines of race and ethnicity intersect. Defending Diversity tells the encouraging story of the University of Michigan's role in constructing a diverse democracy and its place in the nation's history in mounting a successful defense of affirmative action before the Supreme Court."
--Multicultural Review

-- (01/11/2005)

Synopsis

The University of Michigan instituted one of the first affirmative action programmes to ensure diversity in its classrooms. This book illuminates the many benefits of a diverse higher educational setting and records the legal challenges to the policy, culminating before the Supreme Court in 2003.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0472113070
• ISBN 13: 9780472113071
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 224