Changes in Levels of Affirmative Action in College Admissions in Response to Statewide Bans and Judicial Rulings

Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 228-252

  Blume, Grant H ^a   Long, Mark C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

affirmative action; college admission; geographic proximity; institutional response to policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899642851     PISSN: 01623737     EISSN: 19351062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0162373713508810     Document Type: Article

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