The Admission Dispute [Hardcover]

Teresa Chi-Chung Sun (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0761807063 | ISBN-13: 978-0761807063 | Publication Date: March 13, 1997

Since the 1960s, the enrollment of foreign and American born Asian students at the University of California at Berkeley (UCB) increased at a consistently higher rate than that of other minority groups. Consequently, a sharp decline of Asian American freshman enrollment at UCB in 1984 led to a five-year admissions dispute between UCB and the Asian American community in California. This book reconstructs the case, identifies the causes and changes resulted from the dispute, and discusses the related social issues. It demonstrates the conflict between the overabundance of UCB-eligible Asian American applicants and the goals of UCB's admissions policy: to enroll students representing the cultural, racial, geographic, and socio-economic diversity of the California population.

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...a case study detailing events via memos and reports...>>>> (Susan R. Takata )

...a case study detailing events via memos and reports... (Susan R. Takata )

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Teresa Chi-Chung Sun

Product Details

• Hardcover: 126 pages
• Publisher: University Press Of America (March 13, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0761807063
• ISBN-13: 978-0761807063
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 5.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,062,317 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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