Affirmative Action Initiatives Around the World

Authors

  • Laura Dudley Jenkins
  • Michele S Moses

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6017/ihe.2014.77.5672

Keywords:

affirmative action, higher education, admissions, race, caste, gender, class, intersectionality

Abstract

Affirmative action policies to increase the number of underrepresented students in higher education have expanded globally in the last quarter-century. Gender is the most prominent policy target. Institutions of higher education and governments have increasingly adopted race-neutral or multifaceted affir­mative action policies, in response to legislative threats, legal challenges or social criticism.

Author Biographies

Laura Dudley Jenkins

Laura Dudley Jenkins is associate professor of political science at the University of Cincinnati

Michele S Moses

Michele S. Moses is professor of educational foundations, policy, and practice, at the University of Colorado Boulder.

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Published

2014-09-01

How to Cite

Jenkins, L. D., & Moses, M. S. (2014). Affirmative Action Initiatives Around the World. International Higher Education, (77), 5–6. https://doi.org/10.6017/ihe.2014.77.5672

Issue

No. 77: Fall 2014

Section

International

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