Promise and dilemma : perspectives on racial diversity and higher education

Promise and dilemma : perspectives on racial diversity and higher education / Eugene Y. Lowe, Jr., editor.

Other author/creator	Lowe, Eugene Y., 1949-
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©1999.
Description	xv, 206 pages ; 25 cm
Subject(s)	Minorities--Education (Higher) --United States --Case studies. Educational equalization--United States --Case studies. Affirmative action programs--United States --Case studies. Academic achievement--United States --Case studies. Educational equalization--South Africa --Case studies. Universities and colleges--South Africa --Sociological aspects --Case studies. Universities and colleges--United States --Sociological aspects --Case studies.

Contents	Promise and dilemma : incorporating racial diversity in selective higher education / Eugene Y. Lowe -- Promoting high academic achievement among non-Asian minorities / L. Scott Miller -- Threat in the air : how stereotypes shape intellectual identity and performance / Claude M. Steele -- Practitioner's view from Texas : comments on the essays by L. Scott Miller and Claude M. Steele / Philip Uri Treisman -- Assessment and student diversity : comments on the essays by L. Scott Miller and Claude M. Steele / Richard J. Light -- Equity and excellence- strange bedfellows? A case study of South African higher education / Mamphela Ramphele -- Facing the dilemmas of difference : comments on the essay by Mamphela Ramphele / Randall Kennedy -- Problematics of affirmative action : a view from California / Neil J. Smelser -- What a university can learn and teach about conflict and difference : comments on the essay by Neil J. Smelser / Chang-Lin Tien.
Local note	Little-310277--305131017605W
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN	98045778
ISBN	0691004897 (alk. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	LC3727 .P77 1999	✔ Available	Place Hold