AFFIRMATIVE ACTION: Dispelling the Myths About Affirmative Action

From: The Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education | Date: March 15, 1996| Author: | Copyright information

AFFIRMATIVE ACTION: Dispelling the Myths About Affirmative Action.

When the National People of Color Student Coalition scheduled its first annual conference for the summer of 1995 on the politically charged topic of affirmative action, organizers could not have foreseen how prescient the event would turn out to be.

The coalition, affiliated with the Washington-based United States Student Association (USSA), assembled in Flint, Michigan, from July 21-23 for a long look at the growing movement to roll back or dismantle affirmative action programs designed to increase minority enrollments at ...

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