Developing Scholars: Race, Politics, and the Pursuit of Higher Education

by Domingo Morel

Book Overview

Over the past fifty years, debates concerning race and college admissions have focused primarily on the policy of affirmative action at elite institutions of higher education. But a less well-known approach to affirmative action also emerged in the 1960s in response to urban unrest and Black and Latino political mobilization. The programs that emerged in response to community demands offered a more radical view of college access: admitting and supporting...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0197637000
• ISBN13: 9780197637005
• Release Date: March 2023
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 8.9"