Black Issues Forum 2003
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Affirmative Action in Higher Education
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| Sage | Selected Books | Databases | Internet Search Engines | Web Sites (Selected) | Database and Internet Articles | Organizations | Statistics |
CSU Library Tools
SAGE (online catalog) - Key Word/Subject Headings
- Subject: Discrimination in higher education -- United States
- Subject: African Americans -- Education (Higher)
- Subject: African American -- universities and colleges
- Subject: Affirmative Action programs -- United States
- Word: Affirmative Action and higher education
Selected Books
- Ball, H.. The Bakke case: race, education, and affirmative action
* CSU Call Number = KF228.B34 B35 2000 - Cahn, S. M. Affirmative action and the university : a philosophical inquiry
* CSU Call Number = LC212.42 .A38 1993 - Obiakor F. E. African Perspectives In American Higher Education : Invisible Voices
* CSU Call Number = LB2376.3.A33 A4 2003
Databases
These resources include a fair amount of full-text materials.
- Academic Universe - All full text - Includes full text of today's news and past news from most major U.S. newspapers.
- EBSCO Academic Search Premier - Partial full text - Includes periodical articles on a variety of subjects..
- Education Index - Leading publications in the education field.
- ERIC - Contains journal articles and reports on education topics.
- Ethnic NewsWatch - Contains subjects on ethnicity, race, African and African-American studies from English and Spanish newspapers, magazines, journals of ethnic, minority and native American Press.
Internet Search Engines
- Google - http://www.google.com/
* Search suggestions: "affirmative action" and "higher education" - Yahoo - http://www.yahoo.com
* Search suggestions: "affirmative action" and "higher education"
Web Sites (Selected)
- African American Resources - http://www.ss.uno.edu/SS/homePages/MCProj/AfrAm.html
- Affirmative Action Program Regulations - http://www.dol.gov/dol/topic/hiring/affirmativeact.htm
- Office of Minorities in Higher Education - http://www.acenet.edu/programs/omhe/status-report/index.cfm
- The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education - http://www.jbhe.com/
Database and Internet Articles
- "Affirmative Action in Higher Education: A Dilemma of Conflicting Principles"
-- Found on Hoover Institution- Essays in Public Policy - Web Site -- - "Affirmative Action, Negative Reaction"
--Connects through CSU Databases - EBSCO Academic Search Premier-- - "The Battle for Affirmative Action"
--Connects through CSU Databases - EBSCO Academic Search Premier-- - "The Failure of Percentage Plans"
--Found at the AAUP - Diversity and Affirmative Action - Web site-- - "A Glimpse of Life Without Affirmative Action."
--Connects through CSU Databases - EBSCO Academic Search Premier-- - "Making the Case for Affirmative Action in Higher Education.
--Found on American Council on Education Web site-- - "Overcoming the Black-White Achievement Gap."
--Connects through CSU Databases - EBSCO Academic Search Premier-- - "What's the Place for Race?"
--Connects through CSU Databases - EBSCO Academic Search Premier--
Organizations
- American Association for Affirmative Action
--An association of professionals managing affirmative action, diversity, and other human resource programs-- - American Civil Rights Institute
--A national civil rights organization created to educate the public about racial and gender preferences-- - By Any Means Necessary(BAMN)
--Coalition to defend affirmative action and integration and fight for equality-- - Citizens' Initiative on Race and Ethnicity
-- Examines how the realities of race affect the significant social problems that exist in America among non-minorities--
Statistics
- Frontline - Vital Signs - Statistics that measure the state of racial inequality
- National Center for Education Statistics
- U. S. Census Bureau - The Black Population in the United States
Content: Jessie Council, Awilda Reyes, Suzanne Taylor