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Affirmative-action plan for the '90s? Wisconsin tries for diversity without numerical goals.

Authors :
Selingo, Jeffrey
Source :
Chronicle of Higher Education. 5/8/98, Vol. 44 Issue 35, pA40. 2p. 3 Color Photographs, 1 Chart.
Publication Year :
1998

Abstract

Reports on a plan by the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Wisconsin, to increase the enrollment of minority students. The lack of an enrollment numerical target reflecting the legal and political climate that has taken hold since the University's last high-profile drive to increase campus diversity in 1988; Fear of lawsuits and political upheaval that have strangled efforts at public colleges in other states; Description of the plan. INSET: Different goals for different decades.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00095982
Volume :
44
Issue :
35
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Chronicle of Higher Education
Publication Type :
News
Accession number :
565034