| Burning Down the House: Politics, Governance, and Affirmative Action at the University of California Contributor(s): Pusser, Brian (Author) |
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ISBN: 0791460584 ISBN-13: 9780791460580 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $33.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2006 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | Higher - Education | History - Education | Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects |
| Dewey: 378.161 |
| LCCN: 2003052619 |
| Series: Suny Series, Frontiers in Education |
| Physical Information: 0.66" H x 6" W x 9" (0.95 lbs) 291 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - California - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Cultural Region - West Coast |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Burning Down the House presents a riveting analysis of one of the most nationally prominent and bitterly contested policy battles in the history of American higher education: the struggle to eliminate affirmative action at the University of California. A timely and essential addition to the literature on affirmative action, it examines the political, economic, legal, and organizational factors that shaped the debate in California and offers unique insight into the contemporary politics of admissions policy, university governance, and the role of higher education in broader state and national political contests to come. |