Using 1975 survey data from the US and England, this study explored the determinants of attitudes toward affirmative action in women's employment. The study asserted that affirmative action is controversial because it attempts to change a country's stratification system. Individuals respond to ...
The topic of affirmative action is controversial in American society, one that divides individuals as much as gun control or abortion. On the one hand, many individuals view affirmative action as a means of redressing the systemic discrimination against minorities and women in corporate America. On...
Affirmative action is a very controversial topic and often leads to heated debates between those who support it and people who feel it doesn't benefit society. Is there a way to quantify how people feel and how it's working? According to a Gallup poll, more than half of Americans (61%)...
Affirmative Action: Reverse Discrimination essaysAffirmative action was developed in the mid-1960s to offer equal opportunity for employment and education to women and minorities. These policies required that active measures be taken so that minorities h
Affirmative Action Affirmative action is a very controversial topic; everyone does not have the same views and opinions upon the issue. Due to the presidential elections and how the candidates both have different views upon affirmative action I felt as though this would be a great topic to resear...
One of the more controversial methods advocated is the so-called 10% rule. The idea is for public universities--which educate three-quarters of all U.S. undergraduates—to admit students who are in the top 10% of their high school graduating class. Doing so allows colleges to take ...
The purpose of this article is to lay a conceptual groundwork that is needed if social scientists and policy makers are to design and implement fair and effective affirmative action programs. Because affirmative action is not well understood, in or out of the academy, the article starts with de...
Affirmative Action and Social Discord: Why Is Race More Controversial than Sex? U.C. Davis Law ReviewBartlett, Katharine T.
The single biggest problem of affirmative action programs is the substantial record of controversial outcomes that those programs have resulted in, including harm done to intended beneficiaries. The theoretical criticism is that affirmative action is a "mismatch" for the real-world context of U.S. ...
The single biggest problem of affirmative action programs is the substantial record of controversial outcomes that those programs have resulted in, including harm done to intended beneficiaries. The theoretical criticism is that affirmative action is a "mismatch" for the real-world context of U.S. ...