The diversity dividends of a need-blind and color-blind affirmative action policy

Social Science Research

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1494-1505

  Alon, Sigal ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Admission regimes; Affirmative action; Disadvantaged populations; Diversity; Higher education

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053181279     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2011.05.005     Document Type: Article

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