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Contents Introduction 000 1. The Right Stuff: Merit and Diversity 000 Joe Murtaugh: Mighty White 000 Pat Gaheogan: Legacy 000 Steve Clayburgh: The Greater Good 000 The Best and the Brightest 000 2. Vicious Cycles: Race, Class, Discrimination, Dysfunction, and Other Explanations for Inequality 000 Convert: Gil Jarreaux 000 People Turn Their Backs: Mel Gibran 000 Dave Zaluba: Playing the Percentages 000 Rattling the Chains of Causality 000 3. Enough is Enough: Targeting Affirmative Action on the Basis of Age, Ethnicity, Educational Level, and Socioeconomic Background 000 Drew Kazinski: Getting Better All the Time 000 Larry Dobbs: Too Little, Too Late 000 Tom Sorbo: You've Got to Adjust 000 An Ellis Island of the Mind 000 4. White Men's Burdens: Allocating Affirmative Action's Costs 000 Peter Galoszy: The Invisible Hand 000 Rob Ingraham: A Thousand Points of Light 000 Nick deLeo: Married to the Mob 000 The Buck Stops Where? 000 5. Taking Stock: Affirmative Action, Racism, and Everyday American Values 000 We Hold These Truths 000 A Limited Reprieve 000 The Road Ahead 000 Appendix: Tables 000 Notes 000 Bibliography 000 Index 000 About the Author 000
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
Affirmative action programs in education -- United States.
Educational equalization -- United States.
Academic achievement -- United States.
Minority college students -- Recruiting -- United States.
Minorities -- Education (Higher) -- United States.